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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Charlie, the mastermind of a Venice heist, is overseen by John, a lifelong criminal. But the thieves are ruthlessly double-crossed by one of their own, Steve. In order to get their stolen gold bars back, Charlie enlists John's reluctant safecracking-prodigy daughter, Stella. But Steve proves himself to be one step ahead of them, and Charlie finds that he'll have to make some daring last-minute changes to their plan by creating the largest traffic...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Analyzes the complex social, physical, psychological, and technical factors that dictate how traffic works, why we drive the way we do, and what our driving reveals about us, discussing the unintended consequences of attempts to engineer safety.
Author
Series
Golden Books family storytime volume no. 10
Publisher
Golden Books Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A story about a speedy taxi and its driver, Bill, who rush to get a mother and child to the train station.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Best friends Agatha May Walker and Eulalie Scruggs, who live on opposite sides of busy Rushmore Boulevard, inspire their neighbors to come together and make their street a much more pleasant place.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Even though the school children think Gus the dinosaur bus is a great way to get to school, his size is causing traffic problems for the principle and the town.
6) Honk!
Author
Publisher
Mondo Pub
Pub. Date
[1995]
Lexile measure
330L
Language
English
Description
A fire engine gets stuck in a traffic jam on the way to a fire.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Fresh from prison, Charlie begins to work on a heist that will either set him up for life - or send him up forever. Charlie and his unruly lot of thieves take on the mob, the police and the gridlocked traffic of Turin to rob a heavily armed shipment of gold bullion.
9) Rush hour
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the hustle and bustle as people rush to work in the morning and home again at night, taking trolleys, subways, bikes, ferries, vans, and more.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a big truck and its big load get stuck on a narrow road, traffic on the little island comes to a halt. Some cars need to go south and some have to travel north. How will Meg get to her swim meet? What about Barry's ballet class? Luckily, the kids come up with an ingenious solution: why not just swap cars?"--Publisher's webpage.
12) The Italian job
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Charlie, the mastermind of a Venice heist, is overseen by John, a lifelong criminal. But the thieves are ruthlessly double-crossed by one of their own, Steve. In order to get their stolen gold bars back, Charlie enlists John's reluctant safecracking-prodigy daughter, Stella. But Steve proves himself to be one step ahead of them, and Charlie finds that he'll have to make some daring last-minute changes to their plan by creating the largest traffic...
15) Truck stuck
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Lexile measure
AD 270L
Language
English
Description
Simple rhyming text tells the story of a truck that gets stuck in a viaduct, and the resulting traffic jam.
18) Breakout
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
A young woman presents a play based on her life as a seventeen-year-old runaway whose escape from her foster home in Los Angeles is thwarted by an all-day traffic jam, an event which provides time for her to explore her free-floating identity, hunger for her unknown mother, and yearning for human connection.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Zooom! Wooeeee ...! "Make way!" The big city sure is a speedy, noisy place for a country truck like Blue. Everywhere Blue looks, he sees buses, police cars, taxis, vans, a street sweeper, and even the mayor's limousine. With everyone pushing to be first, soon there's a giant traffic jam! But even a wrangle-tangle is no match for Little Blue Truck, who comes to the rescue in true Blue style. --Publisher.
La cuidad sí que es un lugar rápido y ruidoso...