In addition to sharing information about important inventions in the history of transportation and their inventors, this book provides some helpful perspectives. How DID people get around before cars, bicycles? Where could they go? Children who are interested in transportation will learn more than they expected about how people lived hundreds of years ago.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

It is hard to think of a time before the bicycle, but there was a time, and when it was invented it changed how people were able to get around. What about the hot air balloon? Or the first bus? Or a folding wheel chair? These are all things that we need in our lives but we take for granted now.

But once, they did not exist, and people mostly stayed within 30 miles of where they were born. These inventions changed all that for good for for better.

Well written, well researched, easy to read book about major transport invetions that happened over the last few centuries.

A good source for students.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Nice! History of transportation! Kids are going to love reading this and learning about all the different means we humans have used to get around. Short chapters, but packed with information. I'm sure grade schoolers will enjoy the book. Good addition to a collection.

This book contains short, enticing descriptions of innovations in transportation. The style of writing is engaging. Too bad I can’t see the illustrations and sidebars. The ARC only has the written text. I have seen examples of Gilbert Ford’s illustrations elsewhere on the internet and they make a huge difference to the impact of the text. Both parts of the book—written text and illustrations—need to be seen together.