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What’s better than a truck? A truck on top of another truck! Trucks on Trucks hits the highways and the byways while exploring basic concepts such as size, shape, color, numbers, and professions. A wonderful choice for children who love vehicles vehicles and books such as Donald Crews’s Truck and Freight Train, and Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry’s Little Blue Truck. Trucks on trucks on trucks! Large trucks, small trucks, red trucks, blue trucks . . . and don’t forget about your truck.Featuring Sorche Fairbank’s lively, rhythmic text and illustrator Nik Henderson’s bold and energetic art, this picture book stars page after page of trucks hauling trucks. Trucks on Trucks is custom-built for vehicle lovers and introduces young readers to basic preschool concepts such as size, colors, numbers, professions, and community. A fresh new take on the classic “things that go” theme.

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We look out of our window at the dark and twinkling sky. It's full of stars and planets and there's comets whooshing by. We want to go and see them, there's so much to explore. So let's count down and blast off - then we can find out more! Journey through space with 15 of the most iconic missions of all time, including the moon landing, Voyager 1's journey into interstellar space and Perseverance's exploration of Mars.

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Young readers will the discover spacecraft and astronauts from 15 iconic space missions in this out-of-this-world rhyming picture book. 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . Blast off! Embark on a journey into space aboard rockets, space capsules, satellites, rovers and more. Simple rhyming text and engaging illustrations introduce children to the spacecrafts and missions that changed the way we understand the universe. Kids will also meet some of the inspiring astronauts who carried out the missions from John Glenn and Neil Armstrong to Charles Bolden, Jessica Meir and Christina Koch. A delightful read at bedtime or any time a child wants to reach for the stars. Missions included are: - Sputnik 1 - Friendship 7 - Mariner 4 - Apollo 11; - Apollo 13 - Voyager 1 - Hubble Telescope - Galileo - Cassini-Huygens - International Space Station (inaugural mission) - Kepler Telescope - Rosetta Probe - International Space Station (all-female space walk) - Perseverance Rover - Artemis A delightful read at bedtime or any time a child wants to reach for the stars. - Discover 15 iconic space missions, from the Apollo moon landing to the first all-female spacewalk - Fantastic read-aloud story, perfect for bedtime - Look at spacecraft up close with detailed labelled drawings - Informative back section with real photographs - Perfect for space enthusiasts aged 4+

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