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Transportation Bibliography Brown, Margaret Wise and Weisgard, Leonard. 1992. **Red Light, Green Light.** Scholastic Inc. 37 pages. Hohokahm Traditional School Room 58. I found this story to be very cute for the red light, green light traffic light concept. The images in the book aren’t very eye attracting, but I believe many students would still be interested to look at the pictures and traffic light. The words in the book are to point and share the concept of a traffic light. It shows students that when a traffic light is red all cars need to stop and green is when they can go. However, this story doesn’t only talk about cars obeying traffic lights, but animals and humans too. It starts off with it being morning and how every car, animal and kid leaves their house and travel the roads all day. Then it ends with all the cars, animals, and kids going back home at night by obeying the traffic light. The book has some wordless pages where it corresponding to the page before with words. I enjoyed reading this book to myself and I know kids would love it too. If I were a preschool or kindergarten teacher teaching transportation or safety I would share this book with my students. This book is perfect for a picture walk and letting kids put words to the pictures. It also relates to younger children because it shows how kids are obeying the traffic light. This would spark a conversation on how to be safe on the roads. It also gives the children a visual of a traffic light. Students may make their own traffic light for an art project and play red light, green light. Also, I would want them all on their way home to pay attention to the traffic light. I highly recommend this book because it is a great learning opportunity.
 * Children’s Fiction:**

Cole, Joanna and Degen, Bruce. 1997. **The Magic School Bus Taking Flight: A Book About Flight**. Scholastic Inc. 32 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. The Magic School Bus is always a fun way of learning for children. In this story Ms. Frizzle and the students are ready for another adventure. They decide to shrink themselves and ride the toy plane. While they are up in the air they come across a few difficulties. The plane isn’t flying well and what it needs is wind and proper motion directions. The students and teacher help each other out while on flight. The story uses many realistic airplane vocabulary words. It also relates the plane to a bird. I chose this book for a transportation unit because not only is the magic school bus a form of transportation, but they incorporating planes into this story. I was a huge fun of the tv show and it’s a relaxing and fun way for children to learn important real life facts. This story would most likely be used for the pleasure of a read aloud. The teacher may also incorporate the video that can be found online if she wants the students to see it live within the show. Also, role play can be done with this book too.

Gordon, David. 2005. **The Three Little Rigs.** Harper Collins Publishers. 32 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. The three little rigs corresponds to the fairytale “The Three Little Pigs.” Each rig was asked to move out by their mother and build their own garage. The first rig made a house of wood, second rig made a house of stone, and lastly third rig made a house of steel. However, the big bad wrecking ball was out to get the three little rigs. It tore down the wood and stone garages down. Although, the wrecking ball wasn’t strong enough to crash down the garage of steel. It ends with the three rigs getting together and coming up with a plot to destroy the wrecking ball and his friends from ever hurting them again. I am a huge fan of The Three Little Pigs story and I fell in love with this one too. I enjoyed how they turn the fairytale into transportation themed. This book would be in my reading center. Also, depending on the grade level I would implement role-playing. The students can take turns acting out the story and bring it to life. If I were to do it as a read aloud I would want to have felt board images to bring the characters to life with sound. This book is used for children who are in preschool to 3rd grade.

Gutman, Anne and Hallensleben, Georg. 2001. **Lisa’s Airplane Trip**. Alfred A. Knopf. 32 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. Lisa is taking an airplane to go visit her uncle who lives far away. She is feeling a little scared to go on the airplane alone. She sits down in the really big chair, fastens her seatbelt, and was ready for lift off. While she was on the airplane she took a nap, ate dinner, watched a movie, spilled juice on herself and the flight attendant had to clean her up, then she saw the control center where the pilot is, and then finally she landed. Lisa shares the events from her airplane ride with students in this story. This story is filled with great illustrations that help the book come to life. Students would love to listen to this story in a read aloud. It’s another great way for students to know that airplanes take people to different places whether they are near or far. Also, the teacher can ask the students if they have ever been on a trip before. It doesn’t have to be with an airplane, it can be with any type of transportation. Students may also choose to read the book or look at the pictures in the reading center.

Larkin, Bruce. 2003. **Motorcycle Race**. Books For A Cause, Inc. 8 pages. Hohokam Traditional School Room 48. This short and fun book is about a motorcycle race. Each page is a colorful illustration of a different colored motorcycle. Going through 8 different colors while using low language to help teach a concept. Each page says, “Here comes the (color) motorcycle. Then in the end it says which color was the winner. I would integrate this book in a preschool or ELL classroom. This book is a great way to teach the different colors. It is to point and easy to understand for our young students or ELLs. This book can also be used for counting the motorcycles instead of identifying the color. Also, I would include this in my transportation theme because a motorcycle is a type of transportation. The motorcycle is a good way to relate and help the students learn a very important concept.

Logan, Bob. 2010. **The Sea of Bath**. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. 32 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. This book is about a little captain on his little boat in a mysterious sea. It tells the students how this little captain sails this sea often, but isn’t sure what it is called. However, the creatures in the sea are different than normal ones. The ducks squeak instead of quack, scuba drivers are after crocodiles, bears that blow bubbles, strange sea travelers, and a little boat that has the name “soap”. Lastly, the sea ends the same way every day the water gets lower, lower, and then it gone. “Will the captain ever learn what sea he sail? I am in love with this children’s book. It is perfect for a transportation unit or before bath time. The pictures in the book are outstanding. They are colorful and filled with detail. It can be strictly used for a story time book or taken further with a writing prompt or art activity. The students would be given their own bathtub picture and they can fill it with their own boats and creatures. Incorporating the water table in the classroom filling it with bath toys. Lastly, prompting the students what their sea caption sees in their sea of bath.

McPhail, David. 1987. **First Flight**. Scholastic Inc. 32 pages. Hohokam Traditional School Room 58. First flight is a story about a little boy who is going on his first airplane ride. He is alone and he is on his way to see his grandmother. The story line corresponds to all the things you have to do before you get on a flight, while on the flight, and after the flight. I enjoyed the story line because it was realistic and to the point. The book includes important words such as airport, airplane, safety rules, plane take off and landing, and turbulence. Lastly, he shares what he does step by step from the beginning till the end. I would definitely incorporate this book into my classroom. It can be used in grades pre-k to first grade depending on the reading level. Also, I chose this for a transportation book because airplanes transport people to many places. Not many students have been to an airport or in an airplane before and this would be a good book to share. I also love the fact that the passenger is a little kid, which helps the students relate. If I had students who have been on their first flight I would ask them to share their experience with the class. For the kids who haven’t had a first flight yet they can write or share where they would like to go for their first flight. Other activities can be drawing or painting an airplane and putting their picture on it and pretending to be on their first flight by making an airplane in the classroom.

Mitton, Tony and Parker, Ant. 2005. **Cool Cars.** Kingfisher. 23 pages. Hohokam Traditional School room 58. This fun children’s book is filled with colorful illustrations that will keep the children engaged throughout the whole book. Cool cars is a short fiction story telling children how cars are so cool and what we use them for. The characters driving the cars are all different types of animals. I love this story because it relates to the children, but is still giving them true-life facts. There are different types of cars in this book. Also, how those different cars are used for different purposes in life. In the end there is a picture of car with simple vocabulary explaining 6 parts to a car. This is a book I would use during my transportation theme because it relates to the children and gives them the opportunity to know why, how, and where we use a car. This book would be in my reading center shelf to allow students to have the access to pick it up and read it to themselves. If children aren’t reading yet this book can be used strictly for picture walks and then the teacher can explain using a few words. Informing children of the different types of cars we see on our roads. Also, I would take the time to go through the vocabulary words in the back of the book. Then I would make cards to put up on a word wall and use them throughout our learning. Students can also make many art projects after reading this book by making their own car, or choosing a car from the book. I would also have the children use paint and make tire tracks on paper with different types of cars.

Riggs, Sandy. 2006. **Joe Boat**. Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. 24 pages. Hohokam Traditional School library. Joe boat is a story about a little boat that is unhappy and has big dreams. Within the story it shares with the children of all the places Joe boat would love to go see and do during his adventure. However, it turns out he was just day dreaming when one of other boats called for his help. Joe boat had to save the other ship before it got hurt. After saving the day Joe boat still had big hopes and dreams, but he decided to just stay home for the time being. This book at the end has fun boat facts, different pictures of boats, an art activity, and a vocabulary list. This book would be integrated in my classroom a few different ways. If I were teaching an upper grade level this book is made for a student at a certain reading level. They would use this book for reading pleasure, but at the same time they are gaining knowledge on boat facts and vocab words. This book is also a great way to help children learn how we help others by being a good friend. It would also be a great book to read then have a writing prompt to follow. Asking the students to write about their hopes and dreams or how they were helpful one time. For the younger students I would walk through the pictures and explain them by using low language.

DK. 1999. **My Big Machine Book**. DK Preschool. 16 pages. Hohokam Traditional School Room 58. My Big Machine Book is the perfect book for preschoolers and kindergarteners during a transportation unit. The book is filled with 9 different tabs of all kinds of transportation. The book is broken into categories such as, on the farm, trucks, cars, trains, in the sky, boats, rescue vehicles, and building machines. Within each category there are 5 or 6 different transportation machines pictures and their names. The pictures are big and detailed! I chose this book for a transportation unit because it’s sturdy and easy to handle for younger children and is filled with many transportation machines! The students would love to look at the pictures and may be relate to the ones they have seen. I would implement it in my reading center and allow the children to flip through it and enjoy it. Also, I would love to show the pictures and words to the students too. Many of these machines might be new to a younger student, but by reading this book they would build on new learning.
 * Children’s Non-fiction:**

Dooman, Mary Kate. 2012**. Cool Cars**. Enslow Publishers, Inc. 24 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. Cool cars is filled with realistic pictures of the many cars we see on our roads. The book shares with students a picture and then a short description of the car. For example, the book starts off with a picture of an older car and it says, “Some cool cars are old.” Throughout the book it tells what types of cool cars there are, but in the end it shares with the students, “ But all cool cars go, go, go!” I enjoyed the real pictures of the different types of cars. It’s a wonderful learning opportunity for students when they can relate the book to their own life. This book would be in my reading center during a transportation unit. I would want the kids to share what cool cars they have seen before. Also, if they would have a cool car, what would it be? Depending on the age I would ask the students to share or write in detail about their own cool car. When students draw and use their imagination that is another way I would let them express themselves. This book can relate to boys and girls!

Doman, Mary Kate. 2012. **Rescue Vehicles**. Enslow Publishers, Inc. 24 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. Rescue Vehicles is a story filled with realistic pictures that help children related to the important types of transportation in our community. Within the story it tells children what is the purpose of a rescue vehicle, the sounds it makes, and the different types of one. Rescue vehicles have a siren and lights to hear and see them. They help save people and keep communities safe. This book will give students the opportunity to make a connection. This book would be in my classroom if I were teaching preschool and kindergartners about transportation or rescue vehicles. The language is low and the pictures are fantastic. It helps students build their vocabulary. The book can simply be in your reading center for a student’s choice. Taking the students to the nearest fire station would be a great learning opportunity for the students and it gives them a connection to this book.

Doolittle, Michael J. and Goodman, Susan E. 2012. **Trains!** Random House Children’s Books. 47 pages. Scottsdale Public Library//.// Trains, is a very informative non-fiction book. It informs readers of all different types of trains, how trains are used, and when the first train was made. It also explains to students how trains are used for many different types of reasons. They are not only used to transport people, but to haul goods, other types of vehicles, and coal or sand. It even gives a very detailed picture on the parts of a steam train. This book provides students with realistic pictures. As a teacher I would love to have this highly detailed book in a literacy center or reading center. It would be used in a transportation or train unit. If I were allowed to I would take my students on a field trip to ride a train after reading this book. We can also talk about how we took the city train. Increasing student’s vocabulary can be done through this book too. This book also can create writing prompts to help the students use their imagination and improve on their writing skills. The prompt would be, “ If I were to ride a train I would want to go…” Children want to explore and trains allow you to explore the city, state, and country.

Einhorn, Kama and Moroney, Christopher. 2008. **Sesame Subjects My First Book** This story is filled with important facts on airplane and rockets that are age appropriate. The pictures inside the book are realistic and the pages include sesame street characters. The story doesn’t only have words, but the pictures have captions or the characters have something to say too. They introduce the subject of airplanes and rockets in the beginning, and then present the inventors of the first flying machine, what the purpose of an airplane is, purpose of a rocket, and who controls them. This book is short and to point about airplanes and rockets and kid friendly. This book can just simply be in your reading center or incorporated into learning for research for older kids. The younger students would love to look at the pictures and be amazed by an airplane and rocket. They can also pretend they are on a plane or rocket and do their job. Students may also use this book for a form of research if they wanted to find out more about airplanes and rockets. A teacher may read it out loud too.
 * About Airplanes and Rockets.** Random House. 24 pages. Scottsdale Public Library.

Kortenkamp, Steven. 2008. **Space Shuttles**. Captsone Press. 24 pages. Scottsdale Public Library This book was very interesting and filled with many facts about space shuttles. As college student and future educator I was highly intrigued by the detailed facts this book provided. It started off by briefly explaining the first space shuttle that was built. Then it moved its way to explain how it lifts off and lands. I actually learned that space shuttles land like an airplane and are slowed down by a parachute. Also, how space shuttles are used not only to take astronauts to space, but also take satellites and other equipment. The book ends by them briefly stating the new spacecraft’s that have been created. While reading this book has a few “fun facts” for the readers. As a teacher I would love to have this book in my reading center. It gives students the opportunity to grow their knowledge on space shuttles. It is worded in a way that students will grasp a meaning. I would use this book during a unit of study on transportation or outer space. It has a glossary of vocabulary words that I would implement in the room word wall and while I was reading. I have learned that making vocabulary cards helps children be more familiar with the word and when it’s integrated while reading it helps them connect. The students can also make their own space shuttle.

DK Eyewitness Books. 2003. **Submarine: Discover the secret underwater world of submarines and submersibles**. DK Publishing, Inc. 64pages. Scottsdale Public Library This Eyewitness book is filled with many details and exciting pictures. I chose this book as a teacher resource because it goes throughout the history of the submarine and submersibles and what their purpose in life are. As a teacher it is very important to educate yourself on the topic you are teaching. This informative book starts with an explanation of what a submarine is, then the history behind them, how they were used during war, and lastly how they are used in present day. The pictures are beyond words to how detailed they are. They also have a mini captions next to them. I highly recommend using this book as a teacher resource. If I were teaching the students about transportation or a specific topic such as submarines I would go to this book. I never read anything about submarines before, but I’m glad I chose this book. Teachers can go to this book to share fun and interesting facts with their students. They also can have this within their classroom to help students build knowledge too. Depending on the grade you can share some pictures. Also, explaining what a submarine is used for. Once the students have knowledge on submarines I would give them a writing prompt asking them to write, “If you were to go in a submarine underwater, what would you want to look for?” Students will love this because it will take their imagination to many places. Also, it is very nice to hear what children would want to look for as they share them to the class.
 * Teacher Resources:**

Gifford, Clive. 2012. **Planes and Helicopters**. Crabtree Publishing. 24 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. In this resource book it informs us of how these two air machines work. Also, this book includes the importance of the before and after procedures. “Planes and helicopters” has realistic pictures and captions to go along. It takes a lot to have a successful flight and through this book one will learn the importance. Teachers and students can use this as resource book to help them gain knowledge on airplanes and helicopters. Teachers can share the vocabulary words with the students from the glossary in the back. This book also has a quiz in the back if a teacher finds it age appropriate. Throughout a transportation unit this book can be a choice in the reading center for older students.

Kentley, Eric. 1992. **Eyewitness Books: Boats**. Alfred A. Knopf. 64 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. This Eyewitness book was created specially for boats. Boats have been around for thousands of years and are used for many different purposes. The first types of boats were rafts and floats. Since then boats have been evolving and become stronger and made in many sizes. This book will take you on the journey of boats and their development throughout history. It is very informative for teachers and has great pictures to support their writing. Teachers always want to learn and grow more knowledge to help their students learn. Whether the students are learning about transportation or certain types of boats this is the book to go to. Teachers can use many vocabulary words from this book to implement within the classroom. Not only is this book resourceful for a teacher, but as student as well. If the students are in an upper grade level they make use this book for a source.

Ross, Kathy and Barger, Jan. 2007**. Crafts for Kids Who Are Learning About Transportation.** Millbrook Press, Inc. 46 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. This craft book is filled with pages and pages of art activities for students to enjoy when learning about transportation. This crafts can be made in preschool-2nd grade. Each craft is explained step by step including measurements. It also provides a material list for teachers. Many great ideas in this book! I have pulled a few art activities from this book for my transportation unit. I loved the airplane, car, and boat crafts in this resource book. Also, this book allows children to be involved in the whole project making. It encourages them to cut, glue, paste, and color. I recommend implementing these crafts within your classroom.

Uttley, Colin. 2001. **Inside a High Speed Train**. Grolier Educational. 32 pages. Scottsdale Public Library. This teacher resource book is filled many important facts. It includes train history, how one is constructed, the parts of a train, power and speed, and trains in the future. It has many detailed and realistic pictures. At the end of the book there is a glossary of words that were used throughout the book. This vocabulary words can be used throughout transportation or train learning. This book also provided other resources such as books and websites for a teacher to look into. Trains are lots of fun! Teachers or students would find this book very interesting in learning more about trains. After incorporating vocabulary words and different types of trains within the classroom I would take students on a field trip. The light rail can be a type of train we could have a field trip on to give students the full experience. Also, if students have train experiences they can share.