Hope Irvin Marston

Describes different kinds of firefighting equipment, such as pumper trucks, fireboats, and the SuperScooper, an airplane used to fight forest fires, as well as the work of people who put out fires.

While Manta Ray spends her time eating, growing, and gliding gracefully in the lagoon around Yap Island, she also avoids a startled fisherman who mistakes her for a shark.

Introduces hoists, derricks, cranes, helicopters and other machines that lift heavy loads.

A pair of painted turtles care for their young and watch them grow and learn.