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Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks from A to Z (A Chunky Book(R))

Richard Scarry

Illustrated in full color. This car-and- truck-filled alphabet extravaganza that starts with an ambulance and ends with a zippercar, is shaped like Lowly Worm's applemobile.
Flashing Fire Engines (Amazing Machines)

Tony Mitton, Ant Parker

"Big Bold fire engines, waiting day and night, Ready for a rescue or a blazing fire to fight. As soon as there's a fire alarm, the engines start to roar. The firefighters jump aboard..it rumbles out the door." Jump aboard a bright red fire engine with a trio of friendly animal firefighters as sirens wail, lights flash, firehoses squirt, and fires blaze -- in this story that blends action and rhyme with all the details kids want to know about one of their favorite machines. The mix of visual entertainment and lively wordplay ensures that young children will delight in the reading experience, as will the adults fortunate enough to read aloud these irresistable rhymes!
Curious George and the Dump Truck

H. A. Rey

Curious about the big truck next door, George takes a closer look. He wants to see how it works. Before long he finds that one little lever can mean big trouble! But George quickly puts his monkey ingenuity to work and finds a surprising solution to his messy mishap.
Duck in the Truck

Jez Alborough

Duck's truck is stuck in the muck.
Who will help him out?
First, frog lends a hand. Then sheep helps push, too. But duck's truck won't come unstuck! Can anyone help him get out of the muck? Or is duck out of luck?
Find out in this rollicking read-aloud by the inimitable Jez Alborough.
The Sky Is Full of Stars

Franklyn M. Branley

Pictures a variety of trucks that work around us every day.
The Little Fire Engine (Lois Lenski Books)

Mr. Small does it all!

In this adventure, Fireman Small rushes to battle a fire in town. When the alarm bell rings, Fireman Small suits up and roars down the road in his shiny red fire engine. When he helps extinguish the fire and rescues a young girl, Fireman Small becomes a hero in Tinytown.

Now back in print in full color, Lois Lenski's timeless story of Fireman Small and his little fire engine is sure to delight a new generation of young readers.
How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow? (Pictureback(R))

Now available for the first time ever in paperback--the beloved book that was named a Library of Congress Book of the Year in 1987! Follow the jaunty little tow truck as he rescues three fellow tow trucks.
Tonka - Move The Mixer! (Tonka)

Victoria Hickle

A mixer's big drum spins.Nothing pours cement better.It wins!Move this case open.It slides!There's a book about mixershiding inside!
Construction Zone

Crisp, clear, full-color photographs show all the fascinating machines and earthmovers found at a construction site. Even the very youngest readers will want to put on hard hats!
"The roaring power of 13 construction machines is captured in clear, brilliantly colored photographs." -- Booklist
Big Joe's Trailer Truck

Joe Mathie

Illus. in full color. Preschool truck lovers can follow Big Joe through a typical day's work. The marvelously detailed paintings culminate in a double-page spread that labels every conceivable working part of a tractor-trailer rig.
Dump Trucks (Pull Ahead Transportation)

Judith Jango-Cohen
The Road Builders (Viking Kestrel Picture Books)

B.G. Hennessy
Big Noisy Trucks and Diggers

Caterpillar

Start up the engine, blow the horn and start digging! Imagine yourself in the operator's seat of a tractor, a giant excavator, a landfill compactor, a wheel loader and a massive off-highway truck. With full-color photos and five different sound buttons, Big Noisy Trucks and Diggers brings the sights and sounds of a construction site to life.
Big Red Car (The Wiggles)

There’s lots of fun to be had with The Wiggles and all their friends as they go for a drive in their Big Red Car. Travel through the countryside in this shaped 8 x 8 book. Reading has never been so much fun!
Emergency Vehicles (Lift and Look) (Lift and Look)

Felicity Brooks
Big Book of Rescue Vehicles (DK Big Book of)

Caroline Bingham
Heavy-Duty Trucks (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)

Joyce Milton

Did you know that monster dump trucks are so tall that drivers have to use ladders just to get to their seats? Or that cherry picker trucks don't pick cherries? Through easy-to-read text and realistic art, young truck enthusiasts will discover everything they ever wanted to know about their favorite mode of transportation.
The Little Auto (Lois Lenski Books)
Truck Song (Reading Rainbow Book)

Diane Siebert

country sprawling
lined with roads
trucks are hauling
heavy roads
Over highways, past framlands and cities, through rain and sun, all kinds of trucks are carrying goods from one place to another. And when they arrive at their final destination, what next? Another run, of course!
Vroom! Vroom!

Steve Augarde

Vroom! Vroom! puts young readers behind the wheel in an exhilarating, fast-paced auto race. After turning the steering wheel and shifting the clutch, the reader can even change a tire at a pit stop and help refuel the cars by fitting the gas nozzle into the fuel tank. Then as the blue car and the red car speed around the track, the reader can actually change the outcome of each race by pulling a tab. Children love the excitement race cars provide, and from the drop of the starter's flag to the cross of the finish line, this brightly colored racing adventure is sure to receive an enthusiastic read it again response.