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The history of the world is largely the history of movement. We speak of ancient cultures as though they were immobile, often forgetting that the greatest empires were often comprised primarily of displaced peoples. Genghis Khan uprooted entire populations and put them elsewhere in order to encourage homogeneity within his realm. How did he get them from place to place?

In the age of Learjets and bullet trains, the invention of the wheel seems distant and almost inconsequential. Riding horses is a little more immediate (oddly) because people still do that, but unless you're Amish or Mennonite Brethren living in the eastern United States, carts, wagons and buggies are mere images flickering against the faded screen of the past.

Still, the wheel is one of the building blocks of civilization. Things like wagons, trains, and cars would never have been developed without the wheel, and by extension we probably wouldn't have airplanes either. Boats and ships are a slightly different story, but the technology that allowed early civilizations to put to sea is as foundational as that used to make wheels.

Man has always been fascinated with movement of all kinds, not least the modes of conveyance used to get people and things around. It's important for Christians to remember that God's will is ultimately what allows advances in transportation technology, which (rather than ending the discussion) is the best reason to study it in the first place. To that end, we offer a variety of resources covering a variety of vehicles and inventions.

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Automotive History

Aviation History

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	Adventures of Munford: Munford Meets Robert Fulton by Jamie Aramini Fir from Geography Matters for 2nd-4th grade in Geography Matters products (Location: GEO-GEOM)
	Aircraft - Coloring Book Educational Read & Color Books by Peter & Linda Spizzirri from Spizzirri Press for 2nd-5th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.95
	Airplanes of the Second World War - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Carlo Demand from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99 $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Airplanes of World War I - Coloring Book by Carlo Demand from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	All About Aviation All About Books #51 by Robert D. Loomis from Random House for 3rd-6th grade in All About Books (Location: VIN-ALL)
	Amelia Earhart - Coloring Book by Muriel Earhart Morrissey from Bellerophon Books for 3rd-7th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Amelia Earhart: Young Aviator Childhood of Famous Americans by Beatrice Gormley from Aladdin Paperbacks Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $7.99
	America Travels The Story of a Hundred Years of Travel in America by Alice Dalgliesh from Macmillan for 1st-3rd grade in Cultural History (Location: HISMC-CUL)
	American Muscle Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	American Sailing Ships - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Peter F. Copeland from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Antique Airplanes - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Peter F. Copeland from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Antique Automobiles - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Clarence P. Hornung from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Antique Locomotives - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Tre Tryckare Company from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Automobiles - Coloring Book Educational Read & Color Books by Peter & Linda Spizzirri from Spizzirri Press for 2nd-5th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS)
	Brave Harriet by Marissa Moss from Harcourt Children's Books for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Steven James Petruccio from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Central Pacific Railroad Cornerstones of Freedom Second Series by Clark J. Evans from Children's Press for 2nd-5th grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Choppers! Step into Reading Level 4 by Susan E. Goodman from Random House for Grades 2-3 in Step into Reading (Location: EAR-STEP) $5.99
	Christopher Columbus His World, His Faith, His Adventures by Elaine Murray Stone 500 Anv from Tyndale House Biography for Preschool-3rd Grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $6.50 (1 in stock)
	Classic Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $9.95
	Classic Cars of the Fifties - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Classic Motorcars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Tre Tryckare Company from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Classic Racing Cars of the World - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Carlo Demand from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Cruise of Mr. Christopher Columbus A Really Truly Story by Sadyebeth & Anson Lowitz from Lerner Publishing Group Biography for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Design Line: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles A Visual History of Modern Transportation Featuring 100 Iconic Designs by Chris Oxlade, Edited by Jenny Broom, Illustrated by Mike Lemanski from Candlewick Press for 2nd-Adult in Oversized Science Books (Location: SCI-OVER) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Draw 50 Boats, Ships, Trucks, and Trains by Lee Ames from Watson-Guptill Publications for 3rd-8th grade in Draw 50 (Location: ELE-ARTD50) $9.99
	Early Automobiles The Story of Horseless Carriages from the Clock-Spring Car of 1649 to Henry Ford's Model T Golden Library of Knowledge by Eugene Rachlis, illustrated by Jack Coggins from Golden Press for 1st-5th grade in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
	Early Cars Junior Golden Guides by James A. Hathaway from Golden Press for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
	Famous Trains - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Famous Women Aviators - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by LaFontaine, Bruce from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in History of the World Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISW) $4.99
	First Book of Automobiles by Jeanne Bendick from Franklin Watts for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
	First Flight The Story of the Wright Brothers DK Eyewitness Readers Level 4 by Caryn Jenner from DK Children in DK Readers (Location: EAR-DK) $4.99
	Flight by Robert Burleigh; illustrated by Mike Wimmer from Philomel Books for Preschool- 3rd Grade 1992 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Glorious Flight Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot by Martin & Alice Provensen from Puffin Books Historical Non-Fiction/Picture Books for 1st-3rd grade 1984 Caldecott Medal winner in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Great Railroad Race The Diary of Libby West Dear America by Kristiana Gregory from Scholastic Inc. Fictional historical journal for 3rd-6th grade in Dear America Books (Location: SER-DEAR)
	Great Trains of All Time by Freeman Hubbard; illustrated by Herb Mott from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-Adult in Vintage Nonfiction (Location: VIN-NFIC)
	Henry Ford: Young Man with Ideas Childhood of Famous Americans by Hazel B. Aird from Aladdin Paperbacks for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $6.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Historic Sailing Ships - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Tre Tryckare Company from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99 $2.50 (1 in stock)
	History of Fire Engines - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by A. G. Smith from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	History of Flight - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by A. G. Smith from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99 $2.50 (1 in stock)
	History of the American Automobile - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by A. G. Smith & Randy Mason from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	History of Trucks - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Horses of the Old West - Coloring Book by John Green from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Horse Coloring Books (Location: COL-HOR) $3.99
	Hot Air The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman from Atheneum for Preschool-3rd grade 2006 Caldecott Honor Book in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
	How People Learned to Fly Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2 by Fran Hodgkins, illustrated by True Kelley from HarperCollins for Kindergarten-4th grade in Inventions & Discoveries (Location: SCI-INV)
	How Things Work: Vehicles - Coloring Book by Scott MacNeill from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	How We Travel A Geographical Reader by James Franklin Chamberlain from Macmillan for 2nd-4th grade in Vintage Readers & Textbooks (Location: VIN-READ) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Jet Fighters - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by John, Batchelor from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	John Paul Jones A Discovery Book by Stewart Graff, illustrated by William Hutchinson from Garrard Publishing Company for 2nd-5th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Journey to Monticello Traveling in Colonial Times Adventures in Colonial America by James E. Knight from Troll Communications Non-fiction for 1st-4th grade in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV)
	Leap Through Time: Transport by Peter Dennis, illustrator from Backpack Books for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Things That Go (Location: SCI-TTGO)
	Leif the Lucky Discoverer of America by Erick Berry from Garrard Publishing Company for 2nd-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Lindbergh Tale of a Flying Mouse Classic Starts by Torben Kuhlmann, Translated by David Henry Wilson from NorthSouth for 2nd-6th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Luxury Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Modern Fighters to Color, Cut Out & Fly by Nick Taylor from Bellerophon Books for 2nd-5th grade in Aviation History (Location: HISV-AVIA)
	Motorcycles - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Mutiny on the Bounty by Patrick O'Brien from Walker and Company for 2nd-4th grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	My Brothers' Flying Machine Wilber, Orville, and Me by Jane Yolen from Little, Brown & Company for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Oversized Biographies $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Mysterious Journey by Martha Wickham from Soundprints for 2nd-4th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Old Ironsides by David L. Weitzman from Sandpiper Books for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Old Ship Figureheads - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by John Batchelor from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in History of the World Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISW) $3.95 $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Picture Book of Christopher Columbus by David A. Adler from Trumpet Club Fantasy for 1st-3rd grade in Biographies (Location: BIO)
	Railroad Engines from Around the World - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Red Baron by Richard A. Boning, illustrated by Harry Schaare from Dexter & Westbrook for 3rd-6th grade in World War I (1914-1919) (Location: HISA-20WW1) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Sea Disasters by Walter R. Brown & Norman D. Anderson from Addison Wesley for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	Ships - Coloring Book Educational Read & Color Books by Peter & Linda Spizzirri from Spizzirri Press for 2nd-5th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.95
	Ships Visual Encyclopedia by David Ross from Amber Books for 3rd-Adult in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP)
	Ships, Sailors and the Sea Usborne Beginner's Knowledge by Caroline Young, J. Miles from Usborne for 3rd-7th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP)
	Sports Cars - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Steam, Smoke, and Steel Back in Time with Trains by Patrick O'Brien from Charlesbridge for 2nd-3rd grade in Transcontinental Railroad (Location: HISA-19TRR)
	Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections: Man-of-War by Stephen Biesty from DK Publishing for 1st-4th grade in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Amelia Earhart Signature Books #33 by Adele de Leeuw, illustrated by Harry Beckhoff from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 3rd-8th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of Ships From Log Raft the Atomic Power in Full Color by Frank O. Braynard, paintings by Fouille from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Nautical History (Location: VIN-NAUT) $8.00 (1 in stock)
	Story of Stephen Decatur Grosset & Dunlap Signature #29 by Iris Vinton, illustrated by Graham Kaye from Grosset & Dunlap Biography for 3rd-8th grade in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
	Story of the Flight at Kitty Hawk by Len W. Meents, R. Conrad Stein from Children's Press for Preschool-3rd Grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Story of the Spirit of St. Louis Cornerstones of Freedom by R. Conrad Stein from Children's Press for 2nd-6th grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Story of the Spirit of St. Louis Cornerstones of Freedom by R. Conrad Stein from Children's Press for 2nd-5th grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN) $2.50 (2 in stock)
	Story of the Spirit of St. Louis Cornerstones of Freedom by R. Conrad Stein from Children's Press for 2nd-5th grade in Cornerstones of Freedom (Location: VIN-CORN)
	Story of the Wright Brothers - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in History of America Coloring Books (Location: COL-HISA) $3.99
	Story of the Wright Brothers and Their Sister by Lois Mills from Christian Liberty Press for 3rd grade in CLP Phonics & Reading (Location: REA-CLP) $11.75
	Story of Two Years Before the Mast by Frank L. Beals, illustrated by E.E. King, original story by Richard H. Dana Jr. Adapted & Retold from Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Take Command, Captain Farragut! by Peter Roop, Connie Roop 1^st edition for 3rd-6th grade in Clearance: History & Geography (Location: ZCLE-HIS)
	Tanks and Armored Vehicles - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Bruce LaFontaine from Dover Publications for 3rd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $5.99
	Ten Mile Day And the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad by Mary Ann Fraser from Henry Holt and Company Historical Non-Fiction for 3rd-6th grade in Transcontinental Railroad (Location: HISA-19TRR) $10.99
	Titanic - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Peter F. Copeland from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $4.99
	Traditional Boats from Around the World - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by A. G. Smith from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS)
	Transportation - Coloring Book Educational Read & Color Books by Peter & Linda Spizzirri from Spizzirri Press for 2nd-5th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.95
	Trucks - Coloring Book Educational Read & Color Books by Peter & Linda Spizzirri from Spizzirri Press for 2nd-5th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.95
	Trucks - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by Steven James Petruccio from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	What Is the Panama Canal? (What Was...?) What Was? by Janet Pascal 1^st edition from Grosset & Dunlap for 3rd-6th grade in Gilded Age (1865-1918) (Location: HISA-19GI) $5.99 $4.00 (2 in stock)
	What's Inside? Boats What's Inside? from DK Publishing for Preschool- 3rd Grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Wilbur and Orville Wright: Young Fliers by Augusta Stevenson from Aladdin Paperbacks Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Childhood of Famous Americans (Location: BIO-COFA) $7.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
	World of Trains - Coloring Book by Arkady Roytman from Dover Publications for 2nd-4th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	World War II Warships - Coloring Book Dover Coloring Books by John Batchelor from Dover Publications for 2nd-6th grade in Transportation Coloring Books (Location: COL-TRANS) $3.99
	Wright Brothers by George Sullivan from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	Wright Brothers At Kitty Hawk by Donald J. Sobol from Scholastic Inc. Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Year of the Flying Machine, 1903 by Genevieve Foster from Charles Scribner's Sons for 3rd-8th grade in Vintage History & Biographies (Location: VIN-HIS)
	You Wouldn't Want to Sail the Seas! Nautical Stuff You Wouldn't Want to Know by Written by Peter Cook, John Malam, Jim Pipe, and David Stewart, and Illustrated by David Antram and Kevin Whelan from Parfait Press for 3rd-6th grade in Ships, Boats & Submarines (Location: HISV-SHIP) $8.00 (1 in stock)

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