Stickmen's Guide to Watercraft

Stickmen's Guide to Watercraft — page 1 — Thanks to the creative team Senior Editor Alice Peebles Designer Lauren Woods and collaborate agency Original edition copyright 2015 by Hungry Tomato Ltd Copyright 2016 by Lerner Publishing Group Inc Hungry Tomato is a trademark of Lerner Publishing Group Inc All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review Hungry Tomato A division of Lerner Publishing Group Inc 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information look up this title at www lernerbooks com Main body text set in Century Gothic Typeface provided by Monotype Typography Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Oxlade Chris author Pyke Jerry illustrator Title Stickmen’s guide to watercraft by Chris Oxlade illustrated by Jerry Pyke Description Minneapolis Hungry Tomato 2016 Series Stickmen’s guides to how everything works Whimsical stick ﬁ gure guides take readers on a tour of watercraft and explore how they work in this playful yet extremel informative guide to high-tech machines Includes bibliographical references and index Audience 8 12 Audience 4 6 Identiﬁ ers LCCN 2015032760 ISBN 9781467793629 lb alk paper ISBN 9781467795937 pb alk paper ISBN 9781467795944 eb pdf alk paper Subjects LCSH Ships Juvenile literature Boats and boating Juvenile literature Aircraft carriers Juvenile literature Classiﬁ cation LCC VM150 O96 2016 DDC 623 82 dc23 LC record available at http lccn loc gov 2015032759 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 VP 12 31 15

Stickmen's Guide to Watercraft — page 2 — STICKMEN’S GUIDE TO WATERCRAFT by John Farndon Illustrated by John Paul de Quay

Stickmen's Guide to Watercraft — page 3 — At 16 years old Australian Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail solo nonstop around the world

Stickmen's Guide to Watercraft — page 4 — Contents Watercraft History of Watercraft Passenger Ships The Queen Mary 2 and other (cid:193) oating cities On the Bridge Modern systems for controlling a ship Engines and Propulsion Diesel and hybrid engines and pump-jet boats Hulls and Hydrofoils Crafty boat designs and what they do Aircraft Carriers Flight deck hangar hospital radar and crew Cargo Ships Giant transporters of countless containers Sailboats Skimming the waves by wind power alone Submarines A hidden world below the sea’s surface Deep Diver Exploration at the bottom of the ocean Hovercraft Floating on a cushion of air from water to land Strange Inventions Glossary Index 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 31 32

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