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I Stink!

Kate McMullan - University of the Fraser Valley
Format: Paperback

Know what I do at night while you're asleep?Eat your trash, that's what!With ten wide tires, one really big appetite, and an even bigger smell, this truck's got it all. His job? Eating your garbage and loving every stinky second of it!And you thought nighttime was just for sleeping.
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Little Blue Truck

Alice Schertle - Harcourt
Format: Audio CD

Beep! Beep! Beep! Meet Blue. A muddy country road is no match for this little pick up--that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck. Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to whatever it takes to get their...
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My Truck Is Stuck!

Kevin Lewis - Hyperion Books for Children
Format: Print book

My Truck Is Stuck. Rotten luck. Can't go! My truck is stuck. Tug and tow. Two engines roar. But the truck won't go. Not one inch more. Does anyone know how to make my stuck truck go? In this lyrical read-aloud, young drivers are introduced to the ins and outs of hauling, beeping, and repairing...
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Truck Stuck

Sallie Wolf - Charlesbridge
Format: Paperback

Move that truck!When a truck gets stuck under a bridge, it causes a terrible traffic jam that soon turns into a block party. When attempts to remove the truck fail, two kids, some balloons, and a dog save the day.Sparse text, energetic rhyme, and clever illustrations bring depth to this...
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School Buses

Allan Morey - Bullfrog Books
Format: Hardcover

In School Buses, early readers will learn about the parts of a school bus that help keep students safe as they travel to and from school. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover the unique features of these machines.
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Trashy Town

Andrea Zimmerman - HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: Book

I dump it inI smash it downI drive around the trashy townMeet Mr. Gilly. He cleans up Trashy Town. He does it with a big smile and a big truck--which is sure to make him a hero with all the children in the neighborhood. David Clemesha and Andrea Zimmerman have created a rhythmic, repeatable...
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Fire Truck To The Rescue!

Sonia Sander - Turtleback Books
Format: Print book

When a fire breaks out in LEGO City, the fire fighters hop in their fire engine and race to put it out.
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Go! Go! Go! Stop!

Charise Mericle Harper - Random House Children's Books
Format: Book

One day Little Green rolls into town and says his first word: "Go!" The town is building a bridge, and now everyone has a job to do, from dump truck to forklift. Little Green helps them do their jobs with gusto. Until . . . there is a little too much gusto. They can go, go, go . . . but how will...
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Otis

Loren Long - Philomel Books
Format: Print book

In the short time that Otis has been in stores, readers-young and old-have taken to it in the same way that readers throughout the years have embraced many of our most celebrated picture books. Loren Long has created a story that is powerful in its simplicity and timelessness, one with...
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If I Built a Car

Chris Van Dusen - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback

"If I built a car, it'd be totally new! Here are a few of the things that I'd do. . . ." Jack has designed the ultimate fantasy car. Inspired by zeppelins and trains, Cadillacs and old planes, with brilliant colors and lots of shiny chrome, this far-out vision is ready to cruise!...
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Seedlings: Dump Trucks

Aaron Frisch - Creative Paperbacks Inc
Format: Book

Seedlings offers irresistible introductions to exotic animals and familiar construction vehicles, using a friendly voice and educational text crafted for the youngest of readers. Dynamic photos depict the bodies, behaviors, and habitats of animals and the parts, operation, and roles of machines.
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Trucks

Cari Meister - Jump!
Format: Print book

In Trucks, early readers will learn about different types of trucks and the jobs they perform. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they discover just how useful trucks can be.
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Diggers and Dump Trucks

Angela Royston - Aladdin Books
Format: Hardcover

Mighty excavators and powerful dump trucks--young children's favorite earth-moving machines are all here in superb full-color photos. Why does a bulldozer have catapillar tracks? What machines are used to build roads and tunnels? Simple text and detailed illustrations will satisfy curious...
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Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC

Debora Pearson - Holiday House
Format: Book

Describes a vehicle or street sign for every letter of the alphabet from Ambulance to Zamboni.
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Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go

Richard Scarry - Golden Press
Format: Book

The station wagon, the tow truck, the garbage truck and the bulldozer. Every manner of machinery that moves is riotously depicted in this classic favorite. As the pig family head to the beach for a picnic, they encounter every vehicle known, from the forklift to the locomotive, and many...
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Rattletrap Car

Phyllis Root - Candlewick Press
Format: Book

"A picture book that passes the fun test with flying fizz." - BOOKLISTIt's hot. Hot, hot, hot! So Junie and Jake and Poppa and the baby want to go to the lake. But can they make it there in their rattletrap car? It doesn't go fast, and it doesn't go far - but with the help...
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Truck

Donald Crews - Greenwillow Books
Format: Paperback

Truck is written and illustrated by the celebrated creator of Freight Train, Bigmama's, School Bus, and many other classic and award-winning picture books for young children. Truck was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association and was also named an ALA Notable Book...
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Cars Galore

Peter Stein - Walker Books
Format: Print book

Buckle up for an exuberant ride humming with energetic rhymes and whimsical, retro art from a masterful team.Black car, green car, nice car, mean car. Near car, far car. Whoa! Bizarre car!Ready to hit the road? Gear up for a nonstop parade of shapes, sizes, sounds, and even smells in a wild...
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Roadwork

Sally Sutton - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

Every preschooler who is mad for machines will revel in this bright, boisterous picture book about the exciting process of building a road."Load the dirt. Load the dirt. Scoop and swing and drop. Slam it down into the truck. Bump! Whump! Whop!"There are many big machines and busy...
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Mighty Dads

Joan Holub - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

A new constructacular picture book from the New York Times bestselling creator of Pete the Cat, James Dean and bestselling author, Joan Holub.Mighty dads, strong and tall,help their children, young and small.They keep them safe and bolted tightand show them how to build things right.Inventively...
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Cars: Rushing! Honking! Zooming!

Patricia Hubbell - Marshall Cavendish
Format: Book

Cars go rushing up and down, through the country, through the town. Racing! Rushing! Honking! Squealing! Stopping! Starting! Turning! Wheeling! All kinds of cars, from sedans to SUVs to station wagons, take people here, there, and everywhere. Following the success of Trucks: Whizz! Zoom!...
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Race from A to Z

Jon Scieszka - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Like the New York Times bestselling Smash! Crash! and Truckery Rhymes, this truck-tastic alphabet adventure is full of creativity, fun, and truck-loving action!Honk if you love trucks - and get ready to play with your As, Bs, and construction Cs! This rollicking, boisterous,...
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Everything Goes: On Land

Brian Biggs - Balzer + Bray
Format: Book

Cars and trucks and bikes and trains!Rvs and construction vehicles too!Everything goesRide along with Henry and his dad as they visit the big city and check out all the amazing vehicles around them. Full of mini-story lines, endless seek-and-find activities, and hundreds of funny details,...
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Builders and Breakers

STEVE LIGHT - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Experience the bustling energy of an urban construction site with Steve Light's colorful celebration of builders, breakers, and the machines they use.When their dad forgets his lunch box on his way to the construction site, a young brother and sister set out to take it to him, and along...
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Trucker and Train

Hannah Stark - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Kindness and friendship triumph over bullying in this action-packed story that's perfect for fans of Little Blue Truck and Loren Long's Otis stories, and for every vehicle-obsessed little one. Trucker, the big rig, loves to rule the road with his size, strength, and mighty horn....
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