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Armand Bombardier: inventor of the snowmobile
Par Michael Webb. 1991
As a boy, Armand Bombardier liked to tinker with machines. By the time he was 15, he was the best…
mechanic in his village. While he was working as a mechanic, he began to invent other vehicles. His most famous invention was the snowmobile, but he also invented "snow cars" which could carry several people, and a tractor which could travel over muskeg. Grades 2-4. 1991. (Scientists and inventors series)Je suis écolo! (Tourne-pierre #73)
Par Angèle Delaunois. 2020
Il n'y a pas d'âge pour prendre soin de la planète. Chaque geste du quotidien compte, même quand on a…
4 ans! On apporte ses sacs à l'épicerie, on mange des fruits et des légumes de saison, on évite de gaspiller l'eau potable et on éteint la lumière quand on quitte une pièce. Un album bienveillant et coloré qui interpelle les tout-petits et les grands sur l'importance de changer nos habitudes pour soigner notre Terre. Les illustrations de Philippe Beha sont une ode à l'imaginaire et à la fantaisie, et apportent un brin de folie à un sujet un peu plus sérieux. Un livre incontournable pour contrer l'angoisse climatique et l'éco-anxiété chez les jeunes.From here to there: inventions that changed the way the world moves
Par Vivian Kirkfield. 2021
In a time when people believed flying was impossible, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier proved that the sky wasn't the limit.…
When most thought horseback was the only way to race, Bertha and Karl Benz fired up their engines. From the invention of the bicycle and the passenger steam locomotive to the first liquid-fuel propelled rocket and industrial robot, inventors across the world have redefined travel.Informative and celebratory, this collective biography tells the story of the experiments, failures, and successes of visionaries who changed the way the world moves10 ships that rocked the world (World of tens)
Par Kim Rosen, Gillian Richardson. 2015
Profiles ten ships that influenced human history. Explores maritime adventures from the voyages led by Commander Zheng He's Chinese treasure…
ships in the fifteenth century to the twenty-first-century Somali pirate hijacking of the Saudi Arabian supertanker Sirius Star. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2015Locomotive
Par Brian Floca. 2013
Illustrates what it was like to ride from Omaha to Sacramento on the new cross-country railroad in the mid-1800s. Describes…
the sounds of the engine, the work of the crew, and the changing scenery. Caldecott Medal. For grades 2-4 and older readers. 2013