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The Princess and the Pit Stop

Tom Angleberger - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Once upon a time there was a Princess . . .. . . who made a pit stop.While the Birds and Beasts changed her tires, her Fairy Godmother told her she was in last place! With just one lap left! She might as well give up!Give up? Not THIS princess! Instead, she hit the gas!...
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Stanley's Garage

William Bee - Peachtree Pub Ltd
Format: Hardcover

Stanley is working at his garage today. From filling up Hattie's red sports car with gas to changing the tire on Shamus and Little Woo's blue car, it sure is a busy day. As his friends each come in with their car problems, Stanley knows just what to do to get them back on the road.
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The Berenstain Bears and the big road race.

Stan Berenstain - Random House Canada Ltd.
Format: Book

Illus. in full color. Brother Bear in his little red car slowly but surely wins out against the yellow and blue cars in this tortoise-and-hare story.
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Motor Miles

John Burningham - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Miles is a difficult dog, until he gets his own car. . . . From picture book master John Burningham comes a delightful new story.Miles does not come when he is called. He does not like going for walks, his food, other dogs, or the rain. What Miles does like is going for drives in the car....
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Racing Rivals (Disney/Pixar Cars 2) (Pictureback(R))

RH Disney - RH/Disney
Format: Paperback

Lightning McQueen and Mater will need their passports as they find themselves in a world of intrigue, thrills, and fast-paced comedic escapades in Disney/Pixar's Cars 2. Children ages 3-7 will love this full-color Pictureback storybook that retells a key scene from the new film.
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Thunder and Lightning (Cars)

Disney Book Group - Disney Press
Format: Hardcover

Lightning McQueen, the hot-shot rookie race car, is on his way to the race of a lifetime to claim the coveted Piston Cup. But Lightning hits a bump in the road along his journey. Find out if his dream of becoming a champion will come true in this action-filled storybook!
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Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car

Eileen Christelow - Clarion Books
Format: Book

The five little monkeys and Mama are eager to get a new car. The five little monkeys clean and paint their old car until it sparkles like new. But who will buy it? Perhaps those clever monkeys can convince their cranky crocodile neighbors that what they really need is . . . yes, a car!...
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One Checkered Flag: A Counting Book about Racing (Know Your Numbers)

Michael Dahl - Picture Window Books
Format: Book

A counting book featuring things found at a car race, from one black and white checkered flag to twelve reporters. Readers are invited to find hidden numbers on an illustrated activity page. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Mini Racer

Kristy Dempsey - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Ready, steady, green light, go! Mini Racer won't go slow. Twelve little vehicles are lined up and ready to race. With speed bumps to jump and corners to round, who will take the lead? The winner just might surprise you. This rhyming text is filled with onomatopoeia sure to tickle the funny...
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Mitchell's License

Hallie Durand - Candlewick
Format: Print book

Hop in for a hilarious, heartwarming ride with four-year-old Mitchell, a kid with a need for speed, a lead foot, and a very special license to drive.Mitchell was four years, one month, and five days old when he got his license. He may need a little boost getting into the drivers seat, but once...
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This Is the Van That Dad Cleaned

Lisa Campbell Ernst - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A father's work is never....
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My Side of the Car

Kate Feiffer - Candlewick; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Wishful thinking and a wonderful daughter-and-dad rapport drive this charming collaboration between Kate Feiffer and her father Jules FeifferSadie has wanted to go the zoo forever but something always gets in the way Not today Today they are finally on their way and nothing can stop them...
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Race!

Sue Fliess - little bee books
Format: Hardcover

In this imaginative book, a tiny car lines up next to all the other cars revving their engines. . . . Will it be able to take the Winner's Cup?Race cars! Line up! Who will take the Winner's Cup? Cars start, lights glow ... "Rev your engines ... GO GO GO!" All the cars...
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Car Goes Far: I Like to Read

Michael Garland - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Splash! Splash!Car gets wet and soapy as he goes through the car wash. Hes had a big adventure today. His shiny paint got dirtier and dirtier as he drove all over town-first with mud from the construction site, then from exhaust, and finally a flock of birds. At the end of his big day,...
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Drive: A Look at Roadside Opposites

Kellen Hatanaka - Groundwood Books
Format: Hardcover

A road trip that takes readers into a big, wide world - and into a small, narrow one, too! With the same sophisticated, minimalist design that characterized Work: An Occupational ABC, Drive is an exploration of opposites. Any child (or adult) who has stared out the window of their family's...
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NASCAR ABCs

Paul DuBois Jacobs - Gibbs Smith; Revised edition
Format: Hardcover

From air wrench to banking to crew, young NASCAR fans can discover the ins and outs of stock-car racing with this revved up new book from the award-winning writing team of Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender. Race through the alphabet with car terminology, race-day lingo, and exciting...
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Otto: The boy who loved cars

Kara LaReau - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Book

Otto loves cars more than anything else in the world. He plays with cars, he dreams about cars, . . . he even eats cars (his favorite cereal is Wheelies) . But that all changes when he awakes one morning to find that he has somehow turned into a car.Otto soon realizes that...
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Moo!

David LaRochelle - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

When Cow gets her hooves on the farmer's car, she takes it for a wild ride through the country. Moooo! But a bump in the road brings this joy ride to a troublesome end. Moo-moo. . . Has Cow learned her lesson about living life in the fast lane? Moo?Pairing two talented creators who managed...
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What Kind of Car Does a T. Rex Drive?

Mark Lee - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Dinosaurs find their ideal vehicles in this hilarious, crowd-pleasing read-aloud, perfect for fans of Dragons Love Tacos and Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site.When a stegosaurus, a pterodactyl, and a triceratops all show up at Uncle Otto's car lot, he doesn't have a clue...
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Vroom!

Barbara McClintock - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Join a little girl as she zooms -- past fields and forests, up mountains, over rivers, through deserts, home again, and into bed in this playful picture book about the power of imagination, from award-winning author and artist Barbara McClintock.
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I'm Fast!

Kate McMullan - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

From Kate and Jim McMullan, the popular creators of I Stink! and I'm Dirty! - now a streaming animated series - comes an irresistible read-aloud about trains, a perennial kid favorite.WHEELS on the RAILS, ALL night long, Racin' and a-rumblin' the FREIGHT TRAIN song - Chooka chooka chooka...
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Number One Sam

Greg Pizzoli - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

They're off! Sam is the best race-car driver in history-he is number one at every race! But when his best friend, Maggie, shows that she has racing talent of her own, Sam doesn't know how to handle coming in second place. Will he learn what it truly means to be a winner?
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Curious George Boxcar Derby

H A Rey - Houghton Mifflin, 2016.
Format: Print book

When George hears about the annual boxcar derby, there's no way he's going to miss out. George enlists the help of his friend Allie to build the winning boxcar. But the race is starting in just a few hours, and even with the help of Bill's instruction manual, building a car takes...
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Motor Mouse

Cynthia Rylant - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover

Join Motor Mouse on three hilarious adventures in this irresistible start to a brand-new series from the creators of Gooseberry Park and the Mr. Putter and Tabby books!Motor Mouse is a busy little mouse, between driving his delivery car, eating cake, and visiting with friends. Come...
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Are We There Yet?

Dan Santat - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat takes readers on the road trip of a lifetime!"Are we there yet?" Every parent has heard this classic kid question on a long car ride--and after reading this astonishingly inventive new book (that even turns upside down for several pages!) , you'll...
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Troto and the Trucks

Uri Shulevitz - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Troto is a happy little car who likes to go places. One day after a long drive, he arrives in Cactusville, where he meets some big trucks. But when those big trucks laugh at how small Troto is, Troto doesn't feel very happy anymore, so he challenges them to a race to show them just what...
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Gorilla Garage

Mark Shulman - Marshall Cavendish Children
Format: Print book

Anything can happen at Gorilla Garage. It's where gorillas do the fixing. It's where orangutans do the pumping. It's where grease monkeys do the odd jobs. And it's where chimpanzees make you feel right at home. Let the magical monkeyshines at Gorilla Garage pick you up, fix you up, and send...
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Car Wash

Sandra Steen - Putnam Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

A deep sea adventure at the car wash created by an award-winning artist with a snappy text written by school librarians, this book lets kids go through the car wash anytime!Close hatch. Submarine. Going down. Deep. Dark.Inside the foamy sea of the car wash, giant octopus arms whomp against...
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Life of a Car

Susan Steggall - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Many things happen in the life of a car: it’s built, sold, driven, washed . . . sometimes it even crashes! In this book, preschoolers see all of these events, and in the end learn that an old car can even be recycled to start anew. Each two-page spread focuses on a certain stage in a car’s...
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Cars Galore

Peter Stein - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

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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Maxi the Little Taxi

Elizabeth Upton - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

It's Maxi the Taxi's first day of work.What fun it is to zip and zoom all around the town!SPLASH go the mud puddles!PLIPPITY-PLOP drips the ice cream and mustard from sticky little fingers!Soon Maxi becomes so grimy and gooey that no one wants to ride with him.Who will help this dirty little...
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If I Built a Car

Chris Van Dusen - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

If I built a car, it'd be totally new!Here are a few of the things that I'd do. . . .Young Jack is giving an eye-opening tour of the car he'd like to build. There's a snack bar, a pool, and even a robot named Robert to act as chauffeur. With Jack's soaring imagination...
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Backseat A-B-See

Maria van Lieshout - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Vroom! Vroom! From the backseat, what do you see? Whether on a cross-country road trip or a quick jaunt across town, there's no end to what a child can see from the backseat of a car. Using familiar road signs, this striking book introduces little ones not just to the alphabet but also...
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Bunnies on the Go: Getting from Place to Place

Rick Walton - HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: Print book

From train to tractor, from boat to balloon, join the fun as an active bunny family takes a cross-country vacation.The team who celebrated the alphabet in So Many Bunnies and telling time in Bunny Day now introduces young readers to different modes of transportation. All family vacations...
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Dino-Racing

Lisa Wheeler - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Library Binding

In this installment of dino competition, meat eaters face off against plant eaters in three high-speed auto events: drag racing, off-road racing, and stock-car racing. Lisa Wheeler's rhymes explore thoughtful questions such as: Which dinosaurs would make the best chasers for support in a desert...
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The Night Before Father's Day

Natasha Wing - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback

It's the night before Father's Day, and Mom and the kids have a plan to surprise Dad with a special gift. When Dad goes for a bike ride, everyone gets to work. Dad wakes up the next day to find his garage newly organized and his car sparkly clean. So, of course, he celebrates by taking...
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