Gain Access To Transportation!: How People Get Around Articulated By Gail Gibbons Disseminated As Pamphlet

GAIL GIBBONS takes readers over land, sea, and air in this fascinating introduction to diverse methods of transportation.



From planes, trains, and automobiles to biking, scooting, and boating, people all around the world have developed many means and methods of moving to and fro.
In this fascinating exploration of transportation, GAIL GIBBONS employs her signature colorful artwork and accessible text to explain transportation choices over land, sea, and air to young readers.
Various types of vehicles are clearly detailed, as are as concepts such as carpooling and commuting, For young readers on the go, this is a musthave! A thorough overview of transportation is provided in this earnest, utilitarian catalog of cars, trains, aircraft, and boats.
Think Richard Scarry, but less cluttered and minus the whimsy, The text is mundane, “Jet planes come in many sizes and have powerful jet engines, ” Each form of transport is shown in many formats, For instance, the pleasure boats page shows a yacht, sailboat, kayak, and canoe, The color palate is attractive, A final page shows signs, signals, and aids for each kind of transport ex: traffic lights, lighthouses, and runway markings.
It lacked a sense of wonder about the amazing vehicles that humans have developed,
Like a less fanciful version of a Richard Scarry book, Gibbons, Gail Transportation: How People Get Aroundpages, Holiday House,. NONFICTION PICTURE BOOK

Various scenes of transportation are illustrated and labeled in the author's recognizable style, She begins by introducing different modes of transportation with simple sentences that identify the means by which people travel: on roads, on tracks, in the sky, or on water, while labeling the scenes as cars, trains, aircraft, and boats.
She then goes back and repeats these categories, She includes more illustrations of each kind while offering a few simple facts through her sentences and labeling, She concludes with a page about transportation in space, three pages of scenes depicting a combination of transportation vehicles, and one page of important signs, signals, and navigational aids.


I found the Transportation!'s formatting confusing, Many pages have an obvious heading, but the pages without headings do not always fit under the heading that came immediately before.
Some of the spreads work as one large scene, and some depict two separate scenes, though it is not always immediately apparent which it is.
Some of the pages are split in half or quarters by white spacing between panels, but at first glance the white spacing just looks like part of the illustrations, especially in layouts with roads or tracks.
My other complaint is that the sizes of the vehicles are often not to scale, even within the same scene.
For instance, a station wagon is depicted as longer than a shuttle bus, a motorcycle as longer than a van, and a compact car as taller than a station wagon.
That being said, the pages are full of well crafted, detailed illustrations of loads of vehicles that some kids will be thrilled to study.


EL KOPTIONAL, ed by P. K. Foster, MLS, teacher librarian
sitelink blogspot. com This book covers many different forms of transportation with large, full pictures, I know I'm not alone in loving sitelinkGail Gibbons, During my first library job, when weeding the nonfiction's, I made the mistake of thinking that her books were out of date, and my manager quickly set me straight.
They're the perfect books

for late preschool through kindergarteners and maybe even first graders to get better insight into the world around them.
This is a great example,

There's great primary text for if an adult is just reading to a child on her lap, But each picture is labeled, The similarities between two vehicles are explained in small text, along with the various parts that make each vehicle unique.
Her outer space and animal books are much the same, It gives the broad picture of the scene along with minutia in order to help kids really understand, And her illustrations are timeless, with paint, pen and colored pencil, If your library doesn't have her stuff, then get on it, A great book about transportation! The pictures are too busy for a read aloud but would make a great oneonone book.
Lots of different labeled vehicles the format reminds me a bit of busy town, but the people are not animals.
The book includes some simple facts and a huge variety of vehicles from subways and monorails to planes, helicopters, boats, busses, pedicabs and more.
Informative, but very busy. Too many pictures and too many words, Too much to see and conceptualize at once, Fans of Gail Gibbons are familiar with her style of nonfiction, She pairs colorful illustrations with labels and explanatory text to introduce all sorts of topics, This time it is transportation in all its many forms, The opening spread shows a plane in the sky, a ferryboat off the shore, a train, and lots of traffic on a busy highway.
The text explains that people "choose what works best to get from place to place, " A brief introduction groups cars and other vehicles that travel on roads, trains, aircraft, and boats, Then each group is explored in more detail, Everything from bicycles and doubledecker buses to RVs and stretch limousines are shown traveling along roads and highways, Subways, elevated trains, or highspeed passenger trains all transport people along tracks, The variety of aircraft ranges from helicopters to corporate jets, and the airport is neatly labeled to show the runway and control tower.
Boats include a canoe, yawl, and cruise liner, There is even a section on transportation in space with the ISS, And the final page on navigational aids is also organized by vehicle type everything from GPS to wind socks!

For any young reader who is vehicle crazy, or even mildly interested in transportation, this title has plenty of visual detail and helpful labels to accompany the text.
Highly recommended for elementary school libraries and classrooms,

I received a review copy from the publisher, With the use of great illustrations, color, and words that describe each type of transportation comes a book about the many different ways that people get around.
This book is beneficial in the classroom during a history lesson and can be used to compare how people got around back then versus the many ways people travel to places now.
This book is a great use for students to inform them just how many different types of transportation there is nowadays, but certain modes of transportation also depend on where you live.
A lot of information in a few pages, The information is well intentioned BUT there is a lot going on for each page, Lots of pictures and words all jumbled together, Another solid offering from Gibbons, wish it had been organized a little different to avoid a repeat of all the types of transport when it goes into depth.
Always like how the illustrations are labeled with the type of vehicle, Gibbons hits the mark as usual with this fun, engaging text about modes of transportation: what modes people take and why they take them.
Readers who may be sharing this book with another will have plenty of opportunities to look at the illustrations, ask questions, and push the book further.
You always know what you're going to get with a Gail Gibbons booka clear and factfilled introduction to a topic.
Aptly subtitled "How People Get Around" this book features bright, detailed watercolor and ink illustrations filled with labeled vehicles of all types.
Vehicles that travel by road, air, track, and water, Vehicles that carry single passengers, or many, Vehicles for family, work, or recreation, Clear explanatory text accompanies the illustrations, giving a nice overview of the subject, Besides being used for showing the many types of transportation available, this would also serve nicely as a vehicle picture dictionary for those just learning English.
Wish there were real photos
Decent This book is a great way to have young readers learn about all the ways that people get round.
I know that my students will love listening to the story and looking at the full page illustrations, The text is simple, so new or developing readers will enjoy reading, The book has lots of drawings of all the various ways we get around, I cannot wait to use this for my transportation lesson, All the colorful illustrations the easy to understand text and informative story will be a hit for young readers, Gail Gibbons sort of fell into writing and illustrating children's books, Overbooks later she is still meeting a need for our kids with her simple books and illustrations, I love this updated version of Transportation! How People Get Around, Every year teachers ask for a good book about transportation, this is the quintessential book for introducing and exploring the world of vehicles!

Muted colors, watercolors with pastels that add texture are great.
Not too overpowering, nor too tame, A lot of solid information, but very very busy, The text doesn't always stand out against the background of the pictures, and there's just SO MUCH crammed on to every page.
The alwaysreliable Gail Gibbons offers us a fastmoving informational picture book dedicated to the various modes of transportation, From cars and motorcycles to plans and boats, and even different types of public transportation, readers can follow along and learn more about specific types of aircraft, boats, and other vehicles.
There's even a section on space transportation, and then the book concludes with a reminder that there are different reasons for humans to move around as well as different ways of getting where they are going, followed by some helpful signs, signals and aids to help drivers and passengers stay safe and reach their destinations with little trouble.
The text is accessible and lively, and the illustrations are filled with sunny colors and plenty of movement, This one is a "can't miss" title for elementary readers, particularly those who love vehicles and traveling from one place to another.
It's pretty amazing just how many forms of transportation there are out there, .