Most Popular Books by Lee Sullivan Hill

It rumbles through the city and the countryside. It travels on a track. This train is on the move! What kinds of things do trains carry? And who controls trains? Read this book to find out! Learn all about mighty machines in the Vroom-Vroom series—part of the Lightning Bolt Books TM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books TM bring nonfiction topics to life!

It digs up dirt. It packs earth down hard. This earthmover is on the move! How do earthmovers work? And what kinds of jobs do earthmovers do? Read this book to find out! Learn all about mighty machines in the Vroom-Vroom series―part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

The driver starts the engine. The bike rumbles and roars. This motorcycle is on the move! What are some different kinds of motorcycles? And how do motorcycles work? Read this book to find out!

Tells the story of the Wright Brothers’ invention of the airplane, climaxing in the triumphant first flight of the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.

Introduces jet planes, how they work, and for what purposes they are used.

Explains what a park is, how and why parks are built or preserved, and why parks are important to us, using examples of different kinds of parks from around the country.

An introduction to some of the different ways people get around in cities, from walking and biking to ferry boats and skates.

Explains why people travel in air and space and introduces the various forms of transportation used.

An introduction to the variety and beauty of towers, including the purposes they serve.

Describes many of the ways people move themselves and goods around on rivers, lakes, canals, and oceans.

Introduces different kinds of bridges, their materials, construction, and maintenance.

Introduces some different modes of transportation used in rural areas, including cars, trucks, bicycles, sleds, ferry boats, and even walking.

Briefly describes some of the methods used to move goods from one place to another, including pack animals, barges and other boats, trains, and trucks.

There are different types of earthmovers, and each kind has a different job to do. Whether they push, scoop, spread, pack, smooth, or flatten, earthmovers do important work.

Describes different kinds of tunnels, how they are built, and what they are used for.

A simple introduction to the beauty and variety of farms from a wheat field in Montana to the harvesting of seaweed from the ocean.

Introduces readers to dams, their purposes, and how they may be built.

Surveys all kinds of libraries, from a monastery library full of handmade books to a school media center to a bookmobile.

Introduces various kinds of schools, their size and location, whether attended by children or adults, and the kinds of learning provided in each.

An introduction to the variety and beauty of American roads, past and present.

Describes different canals and explains their usefulness.

Describes different kinds of monuments from around the world while also explaining how and why they were built, how they are preserved, and their importance to one''s memory.

A simple introduction to the variety and beauty of homes around the world.

Describes how people choose different ways to use transportation for fun, depending on setting, circumstances, and personal preference.