Frank Carlson Library

Imagine exploring the most extreme parts of our amazing planet-trekking though the driest desert, climbing the snowiest mountaintops, and diving to the deepest regions of the ocean floor. Seymour Simon, the dean of children's science nonfiction, investigates Earth's biggest, smallest, deepest, and coldest environments, animals, plants, and most severe weather. These mind-bending facts and photographs invite readers on an exciting, and sometimes unbelievable,...

Describes various kinds of trucks and their functions, including a log truck, cement mixer truck, and sanitation truck. Trucks lift, dump, mix, and carry things. They do all kinds of jobs. Tractors help on farmsSanitation trucks clean city streets. Some trucks carry houses, or even the space shuttle!