The world is full of marvels. Our comic-inspired beginning reader series explores diverse topics from animals to construction vehicles, in Spanish as well as English. Newly fluent readers will delight in up-close images and easy-to-read text while chuckling at the humorous speech bubbles. Labeled image guides and glossaries provide an engaging first experience with nonfiction. Nothing hauls goods on cross-country highways like a big rig! This transportation book introduces beginning readers to the vehicles known variously as semi trucks, tractor-trailers, and 18-wheelers. Aided by eye-catching photographs, fun facts, and comic-inspired speech bubbles and humor, kids will learn about the design, functions, and working principles of these freight-carrying machines. A labeled diagram enhances comprehension. Includes a glossary, index, and further STEM resources.