Boats on the River

A pair of titles by Peter Mandel, illus. by Edward Miller, explore vehicles of the sea and sky. Boats on the River covers everything from ""shiny showboats"" to ""slice-snow boats,"" with rhymed text and simple computer-generated illustrations featuring largely geometric shapes. Planes at the Airport depicts the gamut-loud urban ""whirly-bird planes"" and rural ""barely heard planes.""