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Pub. Date
2011.
Description
The Tunnel Visioning Design Workshop is the result of state and local interest in the I-70 Mountain Corridor and a desire for improvements to the existing weekend congestion. A focal point of the congestion and delay has long been the Twin Tunnel area. The Twin Tunnels encourage drivers to slow down as they approach the seemingly narrow tunnels. These slowing vehicles create a queue stretching back, sometimes, for 4 and 5 miles. It was decided to...
5) Tunnels
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes tunnels throughout the world, discussing materials and building technologies, functions and locations of important tunnels, and examples of famous tunnels in history.
7) The robbery
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Description
"Fans of Mac Barnett, Jory John, and Chris Haughton will adore this hilarious story of a bank robbery that doesn't go according to plan. Loosely inspired by the most famous bank heist in Argentina, Joaquin Camp decided to explore what would happen if the thieves had not been successful and had instead been content with what they already have. If instead of arriving at the bank, our thieves had landed in all sorts of other surprising places. The result...
9) The tunnel
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
"After something bad happens, a child has trouble connecting with those around him. His loved ones try to reach out and talk to him, but he only feels like running away. So, from his room, he picks up a shovel and digs a tunnel deep down and out into the backyard. Outside in the dark, nobody knows where he is. He could just disappear. But, seeing his mom in the window, his newfound distance offers him enough space to see the connection he needs. Something...
10) Earth borers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Earth borers are huge, amazing tools that help build tunnels. Readers will dig deep underground with these massive machines to learn how they chew up rocks and dirt and help engineers build new things far below Earth's surface. Vibrant full-color photographs showcase these large borers and the tunnels they create, which are used by cars, trucks, and even trains to take people from place to place. This innovative title also looks at the environmental...
11) The tunnel
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
"Tells the incredible true story of a massive underground escape attempt from East to West Berlin. Anti-communist East German swimming champion Harry Melchior narrowly escapes the Communist regime just after the Berlin Wall is completed, and is determined to rescue his beloved sister, whom he was forced to leave behind" -- Container.