About This Book
Reach for this book when your child is asking 'how' and 'why' about the machines they see every day, or when they need to see how human persistence turns wild ideas into reality. This engaging guide traces the history of transportation from ancient dugout canoes to the cutting-edge driverless cars of the future. It captures the spirit of human ingenuity and the constant drive to improve the world around us. Perfect for independent readers aged 8 to 12, the book balances historical facts with engineering challenges. It encourages children to see mistakes not as failures, but as necessary steps in the design process. Parents will appreciate how it fosters a growth mindset by highlighting the resilience required to innovate and the creative problem-solving used to make travel faster, safer, and more efficient.
What Parents Should Know
Sensitive Topics
The book is entirely secular and objective. It avoids political or social controversy, focusing strictly on the mechanics and history of engineering.
