Juvenile & Young Adult / Themes / Transportation

Construction Site: Road Crew, Coming Through!

by Sherri Duskey Rinker & Ag Ford

The hard-working crew of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site joins up with seven new road-building trucks to finish a BIG job: a brand-new road!

The construction team is taking on their biggest challenge...

Meet a Bus Driver! (In Our Neighborhood)

by Jodie Shepherd & Lisa Hunt

Join Emma and Theo on their adventures as they meet community helpers in their neighborhood!

Theo and Emma’s school bus driver is getting ready to retire—and now they are sitting in as he trains his replacement....

Dream Weaver

by Gary Wright & Rob Sayegh Jr.

Gary Wright's hit song is reimagined as a fantastical picture book to delight dreamers of all ages.

"Oo-hoo dream weaver

I believe you can get me through the night

Oo-hoo dream weaver

I believe we can reach the...

Race Cars

by Jenny Devenny & Charnaie Gordon

Race Cars is a children’s book about white privilege created to help parents and educators facilitate tough conversations about race, privilege, and oppression.

Written by a clinical social worker and child...

Franklin's Pride

by Jimenez,John

Franklin is a fire truck, and he is proud of it. He knows how important fire trucks are. But sometimes Franklin can be too proud. When he gets into trouble, he doesn't think he needs help from anyone. When he...

Climbing, Creeping, Muddy Jeeping!

by Simpson,Beth A.

Off road enthusiasts of all ages will be able to relate to the sights, sounds, and feel of rumbling, roaring, metallic chip-chirping and bam-bashing through rocky, mud-tastic, forest trails! Read the words out...

Benji's Garbage Trucks

by ,Roberta & Benji Cocking

All young children look forward to their weekly visit and garbage pickup by their garbage/sanitary trucks and drivers. For Benji Cocking, everything about the arrival of the garbage truck for the weekly trash...

Gwenavear

by Jacqueline Jensen

"We all need someone who will always be there for us. Sometimes that someone is a car!" -Jerilee Avery

Back on Track

by Mary Ruth Weaver

Back On Track is the sequel to the delightful story by Mary Ruth Weaver entitled, The Forgotten Trolley. When Al, the trolley car, learned to make lemonade out of lemons, he never gave up on his dream to be...

Timmy and Tammy's Train of Thought

by Oliver Chin & Heath McPherson

- This story uniquely feature the spectrum of trains within the context of a child's ride, while simultaneously introducing new sounds and colors - animation-quality illustrations will attract children and their...

The Railway Children

by Edith Nesbit & Mint Editions

After a father’s abrupt arrest, his wife and children must leave their comfortable London home for a small cottage that sits near a bustling railway. While the mother struggles to make ends meet, siblings...

Zoom at Sea

by Tim Wynne-Jones & Eric Beddows

A re-issue of Tim Wynne-Jones and Eric Beddows’ classic picture book Zoom at Sea, published in celebration of Groundwood’s 35th anniversary. The enhanced epub version includes a read-aloud feature of the...

The Forgotten Trolley

by Mary Ruth Weaver & Jeff Eckman

Inspired by her husband?s love of trolleys, Mary creates an ironic, funny and altogether timeless tale of the trouble one retired trolley has in keeping the faith when he is no longer of service to his passengers....

The Box-Car Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

A #1 Amazon New Release in Children's Train Books!

Four young orphans discover an abandoned boxcar and move in, embarking on a life of self-reliance and hard work ? but they also enter a world of freedom and...

Two Dogs on a Trike

by Gabi Snyder & Robin Rosenthal

Count up to 10 and back down again in this picture book starring 10 traveling dogs and one very tenacious cat!

One by one, each dog escapes its yard and joins the adventure in this hilarious counting story....

Mary Underwater

by Shannon Doleski

Inspired by Joan of Arc, a girl builds and pilots a submarine to prove just what girls can do in this masterful middle-grade debut

Mary Murphy feels like she?s drowning. Her violent father is home from prison,...

Angela's Airplane

by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko

When Angela's father gets lost at the airport, she looks for him everywhere, even inside an airplane. But when Angela's love of button-pressing proves too great, she finds herself in charge of flying the plane....

All Aboard! The Airport Train

by Nichole Mara & Andrew Kolb

Hop on board to explore the airport in this accordion-style book with flaps to lift on every page

All aboard! This book moves car by car, taking readers on a tour of an airport train?inside and out. Readers...

Flying Ace

by Sheilah Lukins & Laurel Keating

***CANADA BOOK AWARD WINNER*** ***BRUNEAU FAMILY AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S/YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE LONGLIST***

Errol the adventurous little mouse takes to the sky when he meets a young girl, Natasha, playing with a...

Sunny's Tow Truck Saves the Day!

by Anne Marie Pace & Christopher Lee

When a family car gets a flat on the way to a picnic, help is needed and time is ticking! Cranes are lifting, and pavers are paving. Diggers are digging, and workers are waving. But where is Sunny and her trusty...