Boats category: 175 books

Little Tug may not be very tall or very fast, but when the big ships in the harbor need help, they know they can count on him to be there with a push, a pull, and a ride to safety. But what happens when Little Tug gets tired? This simple, endearing book with a charming retro feel and an emotional...

This vintage book contains Rudyard Kipling's 1897 novel, “Captains Courageous”. A fifteen-year-old boy called Harvey Cheyne Jr. is rescued by a Portuguese sailor in the North Atlantic. After refusing to deliver Harvey to the nearest port, the captain of the boat suggests that the boy join the...

À bord du voilier Cirrus, l’histoire s’esquisse en une toile d’émotion où le moindre événement devient révélation. Autant de pensées profondes pour nous dévoiler l’âpre majesté de la mer, de Honolulu à San Francisco.

Mackenzie the Mighty Ship: An Adventure to Find Candy and Toy Island is a fun and imaginative story about an ambitious and persistent little ship and her quest to find magical Candy and Toy Island. The story rhymes and moves readers swiftly along with Mackenzie as she learns valuable lessons about...

Dive, dive, dive! Travel beneath the ocean's surface and learn all about the amazing world of submarines in this Level 1 DK Reader. Submarines and Submersibles follows a team of scientists down to the ocean's depths in a vivid introduction to the world of underwater craft. Packed with full-color...

After years of planning, marine biologists Dom Marlin and Jake Sturgeon set off to explore Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, the deepest ocean trench in the world, in DK Adventures: Terrors of the Deep. Join them from pre-launch checks in the submersible Orion, to their encounters with great...

From Mokie and Bik: Mokie and Bik lived on a boat called Bullfrog. They lived in it, on it, all around it—monkeying up ladders and down ropes, over the wheelhouse and across the cabin floor. "Twins!" their mother shouted, because the lines of her Art jiggled and jarred when Mokie...

The disaster that shocked the world! Courage and tragedy... this is the story of the "safest" ship ever built. DK Readers now have a fresh new look featuring redesigned jackets and interiors, and up-to-date vocabulary throughout! Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations...

Chirp and his friends Squawk and Tweet love going on adventures together. Today, they've traded in their playhouse for a boat, and they're paddling down a mighty river in search of the world's biggest waterfall! When their boat springs a leak in the rushing rapids, the three explorers must find a way...

Two young teens, Jack Gordon and Henry Addison, meet when the Great Lakes cruise ship, the Noronic, docks at Ward Island, part of the “Toronto islands,” in Lake Ontario in the summer of 1949, just before the ship catches fire – with Henry on board. Fourteen-year-old Jack is a daring, impulsive...

"Please be soft," says Father. "Please do whisper," says Mother. Emily doesn't mean to be loud. But whenever she says anything in her Emily voice, windows crack, plates shatter, and the neighbors can't believe their ears. Emily tries and tries but she just can't be quiet. It seems like there's nowhere...

It is time for the annual family picnic to the beach. And look! Uncle Anton brought a little submarine along for Hank and Hazel to play around with. What will they find at the bottom of the sea? Trouble, no doubt.

In Cruise Ships, readers will be introduced to the engineering concepts and design of cruise ship innovation. From ship weight and density to electricity and power, this book delves into the depths of cruise ships and what the professionals need to do in order to make these vessels safe, steady, and...