Rex Wrecks It!

Rex Wrecks It!
Author: Ben Clanton
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763693081

Can three friends channel one dinosaur's destructive impulses into a more cooperative, constructive playtime?

Cake Wrecks

Cake Wrecks
Author: Jen Yates
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2009-09-04
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 0740785370

Presents pictures of and commentary on cakes with mistakes, organized into such categories as literal LOLs, beyond bizarre, and wedding wrecks.

Tyrannosaurus Wrecks

Tyrannosaurus Wrecks
Author: Stuart Gibbs
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534443762

The local police prove unhelpful when a 500-pound dinosaur skull vanishes from a secret excavation on Sage's family's ranch, so Teddy and his friends conduct their own investigation.

Wreck This Picture Book

Wreck This Picture Book
Author: Keri Smith
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2020-11-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593111028

An Indie Next List Selection Keri Smith, creator of the mega-bestselling Wreck This Journal, now brings her imagination and inspiration to children with this picture book that explores the very active experience of reading. What if there were a book that changed every time you read it? Actually, every book does this. We are all part of the books we read, because our individual reactions, ideas, and emotions make the book whole, and these things are changing all the time. Keri Smith has helped millions of people free their creativity and find their own voice with her interactive books, and now she brings that sensibility to children and to the act of reading. This picture book is an invitation to honor your own vision and to welcome imperfection. Kids will discover that reading can engage all five senses, and that what they themselves bring to a book is an important contribution. (And of course they'll be invited to do a bit of harmless "wrecking"!)

Ice Wreck

Ice Wreck
Author: Lucille Recht Penner
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2014-07-22
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0385382871

Shackleton’s Antarctic journey took courage and perseverance. Now his story is told in a full-color early chapter book! In 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his crew set out for the South Pole. They never made it. Within sight of land, the ship ran into dangerous waters filled with chunks of ice. Then the sea froze around them! There was no hope of rescue. Could Shackleton find a way to save himself and his men?

Wreck the Halls

Wreck the Halls
Author: Jen Yates
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 696
Release: 2011-10-18
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1449407765

Laugh your way through the season with more of those “epic fails, with frosting" from the creator of Cake Wrecks (The New York Times). From thankless Thanksgiving turkeys and confusing Christmas conundrums, to less-than-happy Hanukkah horrors and New Year’s meltdowns, Wreck the Halls has an icing-smeared disaster for every occasion. With additional chapters on Black Friday, family communication, and navigating the murky waters of politically correct cake greetings (Winter!), Wreck the Halls combines Jen Yates’s signature blend of wit and sarcasm with the most hilarious frosting fails this side of winter solstice. Get ready for some sweet relief from the holiday madness—and plenty of laughs.

Train Wrecks

Train Wrecks
Author: Robert C. Reed
Publisher: Pictorial History of Accidents
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1996
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

American railroad history is filled with accounts of misadventure. Steam boilers blew up. Bridges collapsed under the weight of heavy engines. Locomotives crashed head-on because of signal failures. Passenger cars derailed, often with dire results. Lightly built wooden coaches splintered on impact, and the debris often ignited from the coals in the iron stoves used for heating. In the mid-nineteenth century American railroading was burgeoning -- a growth too fast for safe operations. Despite the grim statistics of 19th and early 20th century train wrecks that resulted, one cannot help but find the photographs and public prints of the day interesting. When you pick up this wondrous book, you will have a hard time putting it down.

Train Wreck

Train Wreck
Author: George Bibel
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2012-10-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1421405903

Trains are massive—with some weighing 15,000 tons or more. When these metal monsters collide or go off the rails, their destructive power becomes clear. In this book, George Bibel presents riveting tales of trains gone wrong, the detective work of finding out why, and the safety improvements that were born of tragedy. Train Wreck details 17 crashes in which more than 200 people were killed. Readers follow investigators as they sift through the rubble and work with computerized event recorders to figure out what happened. Using a mix of eyewitness accounts and scientific explanations, Bibel draws us into a world of forensics and human drama. Train Wreck is a fascinating exploration of• runaway trains• bearing failures• metal fatigue• crash testing • collision dynamics• bad rails