Based on a real incident that occurred in the island town of Vinalhaven, Maine, this rhyming story recounts what happens when a really big flatbed truck carrying a mysterious, covered load across a small island gets stuck on a tight curve and blocks traffic in both directions.

"This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers looks at the evolution of traffic, how it's affecting the environment and practical things young people can do to help. Illustrated with photographs."--

"Queremos que cada nuevo lector diga: "¡Me gusta leer!".--Page 4 of cover. Las ilustraciones y el texto f̀cil de leer muestran las ventajas de estar en bicicleta cuando las calles est̀n atascadas con otros veh̕culos.

"Confessions of a Recovering Engineer will be a logical Part 2' to Chuck's book Strong Towns. It builds on Strong Towns: Bottom-Up Revolution by focusing on the core transportation insights Marohn has developed in more than a decade of writing for Strong Towns. The article Confessions of a Recovering Engineer (November 2011) remains the most widely read and distributed piece ever published on the Strong Towns website. A In the past few years, we have...

Key Topics Environment Tourism Management National Parks Culture This is a film about the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. It's a beautiful place but is its beauty also its biggest threat, attracting more tourists than it can sustain? National Park: Snowdonia is the second largest of Britain's national parks, which were established after years of campaigning by an act of parliament in 1949. The jewel in Snowdonia's...