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The Puddle

David M McPhail

By the author/illustrator of the bestseller Edward and the PiratesWhat better thing to do on a rainy day than sail a toy boat in puddles? The boy in this story gets permission from his mother to do just that, with the condition that only the boat gets to go in the puddles. After he finds...
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Wheels

Shirley Hughes

A picture book about family life in an urban street for children of three years and up. Billy and Carlos each hopes that he will get a new set of wheels for his birthday - and one of them is in for a big surprise.
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The Magic Bicycle

Berlie Doherty

A boy discovers just how much persistence, hard work, and self-confidence it takes to learn how to ride a bicycle, but luckily he gets a little magical assistance from his shiny new three-speed itself.
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D.W. Rides Again

Marc Tolon Brown

D.W. graduates from a tricycle to her first two-wheeler and under Arthur's careful guidance learns the basics of bicycle safety.
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Clorinda Takes Flight

Robert Kinerk - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

That Irrepressible Clorinda! One afternoon while taking the sun, a cow named Clorinda casually notices the flight of a passing barn swallow. "Oh, how I wish I could fly like a bird," thinks Clorinda. So (never mind that a cow never has) , Clorinda resolves to be the first and to show...
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Olvina Flies

Grace Lin

The ideal picture book for every child's first plane trip.Olvina was starting to feel very nervous. "Maybe I should get off the plane," she thought. "Chickens aren't supposed to fly."When Olvina gets invited to the Tenth Annual Bir
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Miss Mouse Takes Off

Jan Ormerod

My trip, by me, Miss MouseHi! I'm going on an airplane trip with my best friend. It's so exciting! First we go to the airport, and I get to ride through the X-ray machine. Whee! Then the plane takes off and we go tip and up and tip above the clouds. You'd be surprised at all th
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Franklin Rides A Bike

Paulette Bourgeois - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

The last of his friends who still needs training wheels for his bicycle, Franklin becomes increasingly discouraged as he continues to fall down, but his mother gently encourages him until he succeeds.
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Let's Go, Froggy!

Jonathan London - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Froggy, of Froggy Gets Dressed fame, is going biking with his father--if he can find his things and get out the door. Jr Lib Guild. Children's BOMC.
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Curious George Rides a Bike

H A Rey - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Book

The ingenious little monkey who left the jungle to live with the man in the yellow hat is at it again. What happens when he sets off on his new bicycle to deliver newspapers is enough to make heads spin. He builds a whole navy of paper boats, lands in a traveling circus as a daring bicycle...
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Cars

Anne Rockwell - Puffin Books; Reprint edition
Format: Book

A simple look at cars and their uses. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Duck on a Bike

David Shannon - Blue Sky Press
Format: Hardcover

One day down on the farm, Duck got a wild idea. "I bet I could ride a bike," he thought. He waddled over to where the boy parked his bike, climbed on and began to ride. At first he rode slowly and he wobbled a lot, but it was fun! Duck rode past Cow and waved to her. "Hello,...
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Mei-Mei Loves the Morning

Margaret Tsubakiyama - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Tsubakiyama's simple story, set in a contemporary city in China, depicts a typical morning in the life of young Mei-Mei and her grandfather. The warm and engaging watercolor illustrations bring this intergenerational story to life. Full color.
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The Red Racer

Audrey Wood - Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; First Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Nona, a little girl who wants a new bicycle more than anything else in the world, decides to eliminate her old bike so that her parents will have to buy her the much-coveted Red Racer, in a whimsical morality play by the author of King Bidgood's in the Bathtub.
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Captain Duck

Jez Alborough - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Goat thinks his boat is safely moored. He doesn't see Duck jump on board.Soon Sheep and Frog are all at sea with their map and thermos of tea.Who knows what dangers are afloat when Duck is captain of the boat?
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Who Sank the Boat?

Pamela Allen - Putnam Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

The reader is invited to guess who causes the boat to sink when five animal friends of varying sizes decide to go for a row.
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Raccoon on His Own

Jim Arnosky - G.P. Putnam's
Format: Print book

When a baby raccoon takes an unexpected solo ride on an abandoned dugout canoe, being separated from his family is scary at first. But once he realizes the canoe offers security from scary creatures like snakes and alligators, he becomes brave and adventurous. He chatters with the warblers,...
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Mr. Gumpy's Outing

John Burningham - Square Fish; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Its a pleasant day, so Mr. Gumpy decides to go for a boat ride. Each barnyard animal begs to join him, and Mr. Gumpy agrees-as long as each behaves! Two children join the fun, and as soon as the boat is launched, everyone does exactly what Mr. Gumpy asked them not to do. The result? Splash!...
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Sail Away

Donald Crews - Greenwillow Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Sail AwayIt's a perfect day for sailing. Motor under the bridge, putt . . . putt . . . putt past the lighthouse, put up the sails, and whoosh! But watch out for a change in the weather. Seas will swell and waves will crash before you sail back home.
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Toy Boat

Loren Long - Philomel; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A little boy has a toy boat He made it out of a can a cork a yellow pencil and some white cloth The boy and his boat are inseparable until one day when the wind pushes the toy boat out into the wide lake Alone now the little boat must face fierce waves a grumpy ferry a sassy schooner and a growling...
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I'm Mighty!

Kate McMullan - Joanna Cotler Books
Format: Hardcover

When big ships get to the harbor, they need me! 'Cause I'm MIGHTY! And I can nudge, bump, butt, shove, ram, push, and pull 'em in. You think this tug's too small to pull in ships twenty times his size? Think again! This guy is 100% MIGHTY!Kate and Jim McMullan's follow-up to the multi-award-winning...
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Sail Away

David McPhail - Orca Book Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Sail Away Florence McNeil illustrated by David McPhail Parents' Choice Silver Honour Award 2000 Resource Links' Year's Best 2000 Book Sense 76 Top 10 Picks Children's Literature Choice List 2001 CCBC Our Choice The captain knows how to get his boat shipshape and ready to sail....
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Pigs Ahoy!

David McPhail

The impertinent pigs of Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! stow away on an ocean liner and wreak havoc all over the ship, as they paint stripes on the boiler room pipes and ruin a formal dinner.
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This Boat

Paul Collicutt

By the author and illustrator of This Train, a Parents' Choice Gold Medal BookAnchors aweigh! From a boat in a bottle to a supertanker cargo ship, from a boat that can break through ice to one that can sail under it -- This Boat, with its simple text and lush
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To the Island

Charlotte Agell

From across the water, the island looks blue. Rabbit, Dragon, Chicken, and Cat all get up early and set sail in a pair of boats to spend the day on it. And delightfully blue the island turns out to be. On the voyage over there is a bit of rough weather, but nothing these stalwart
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Harry on the Rocks

Susan Meddaugh - Houghton Mifflin Co.
Format: Print book

An afternoon boating excursion goes terribly awry when Harry drops his oars and the tide takes him and his little yellow boat out to sea. A storm washes him ashore on an island with nothing but sand and rocks and one windblown tree. Hungry, Harry hopes to eat an egg he finds amid the rocks,...
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Sheep on a Ship

Nancy Shaw - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Book

The rhyming misadventures of a group of zany sheep on a pirate ship.
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Freight Train

Donald Crews - Greenwillow Books
Format: Library Binding

"Clear bright illustrations show all the cars of a train bringing the reader the excitement of movement through day and night, country and city."--Booklist.
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School Bus

Donald Crews - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

What is large (or small) , bright yellow, and filled with students? School Bus! Climb aboard and let Donald Crews take you to school -- and home again.
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Abuela (Spanish Edition)

Elisa Kleven - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback

Dive into Spanish text and fly high over beautiful New York City with Rosalba and her grandmother in Arthur Dorros enchanting Abuela. Winner of the Parents Choice Award. -Tantos pájaros- dice Rosalva mientras les dan de comer-. ¿Y qué tal si los pájaros me alzaran y me llevaran volando...
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The Seals on the Bus

Lenny Hort - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

The seals on the bus go 'errp, errp, errp''errp, errp, errp''errp, errp, errp'The seals on the bus go 'errp, errp, errp'All around the town...What will the people on the bus do when more and more raucous animals hop on board? This beastly twist on a favorite...
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Bus Stop, Bus Go

Daniel Kirk

There's nothing quite like riding the school bus-the fun, the games, the jostling and the jockeying for the best seat. But this bus ride turns even wilder when Tommy brings his pet hamster for show-and-tell and Hammy escapes from his cage. Tommy and his friends join forces to trac
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The Wheels on the School Bus

Mary-Alice Moore

Footballs tossed in the air! Lunches scattered and drawings splattered! Hop on this big yellow bus for a crazy, rollicking ride on which the grown-ups are the troublemakers while the kids are the ones trying to sit still.Laura Huliska-Beith creates a wonderfully zany wor
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What James Likes Best

Amy Schwartz - Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A little boy goes with his parents on an express bus to visit twins, in a taxi to visit Grandma, and in a car to see thecounty fair, then walks next door with his mother for a play date.
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Bus Stop

Janet Morgan Stoeke - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

For very young children about to embark on their own school bus trips, here is a simple and playful book about this exciting rite of passage. Several kindergartners from the neighborhood gather at the bus stop and mount the steps for their important ride. They might be a little scared at first,...
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Mo Willems - Hyperion Books for Children
Format: Hardcover

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Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus

James Dean - Harper
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling artist and author James Dean adds a groovy beat to his cool adaptation of "The Wheels on the Bus" with Pete the Cat. Hop on board with Pete and his friends as they sing the classic school bus tune. Fans of Pete the Cat will love singing along with Pete...
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My Car

Byron Barton - Greenwillow Books
Format: Print book

With prose as clean as Sam's the narrator's shiny engine, Byron Barton, the celebrated creator of numerous picture books for very young children, including Trucks, My Bus, and Building a House, explores transportation, the parts of a car, signs and signals, night and day, community,...
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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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Vroomaloom Zoom

John Coy - Crown Publishers
Format: Print book

One August night, cake-bake hot, Carmela can't get to sleep. So she and Daddy get into their car for a little drive. Vroomaloom zoom vrroom vrroom! They take a fantasy ride past farms (cackle lackle) , through woods (whoo whoo) , to the sea (splash dash wave crash) . "Are...
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This Is the Van That Dad Cleaned

Lisa Campbell Ernst - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Print book

A father's work is never....
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Mama and Me and the Model T

Faye Gibbons - Morrow Junior Books
Format: Print book

Put-put-pow...rackety-put-pow! The Searcy-Long family has a brand-new motorcar. But when Mr. Long refuses to teach Mama Searcy how to drive, she grabs the wheel, starts the engineand shows that cars arent for men only.A riotous sequel to this teams popular Mountain Wedding, which Publishers...
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In the Driver's Seat

Max Haynes - Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Preschoolers are in the driver's seat in this zany, adventure-filled fantasy. Go up a steep mountain road, into a crowded farmyard, and through a tunnel that leads to the city in this engaging book sure to be a hit with preschoolers. Full color.
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ABCDrive!: A Car Trip Alphabet

Naomi Howland - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

A car trip provides the opportunity to see things for every letter of the alphabet from ambulance to zoom. Detailed, humorous illustrations take the reader from the city to the countryside.,
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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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Miss Spider's New Car

David Kirk - Scholastic Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

A wild ride through more than 15 revved-up paintings showing Miss Spider and her new husband, Holly, in the bug buggy marketplace. "Kirk's seemingly boundless imagination zips along at impressive speed." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Big Brown Bear Goes to Town

David McPhail - Harcourt Children's Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Poor Rat! Every time it rains, his little yellow car fills with water. And bailing it out by himself is always buckets of trouble. Thank goodness his friend Big Brown Bear is there with a smart--and sneaky--solution. But to pull it off, Bear will first need a ride to town. . . . Children...
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I Want to Be an Astronaut

Byron Barton - HarperCollins; 1st edition
Format: Book

From picture-book master Byron Barton, this is the perfect story for young readers who love outer space and want to know more about how NASA astronauts do their job.Up into the sky goes the space shuttle! Once in orbit, the astronauts get a taste of ready-to-eat food, experience zero gravity,...
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Astro Bunnies

Christine Loomis - Putnam
Format: Print book

Looking suspiciously like toddlers in "feety" pajamas, these inquisitive bunnies launch their rockets and zoom away. Measuring comets and gathering moondust is nothing compared to floating weightless and meeting the three-eared bunnies from another planet! But no matter where...
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Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates

Kevin O'Malley - Walker & Company
Format: Hardcover

Planet Jurassica is under siege. The sinister space pirates have raided the Imperial palace and stolen the famous Jewels of Jurassica. This looks like a job for . . . Captain Raptor!. . . hero of a thousand space missions; champion of truth, justice, and dinosaurs in space throughout the galaxy....
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Curious George Gets a Medal

H A Rey - Houghton Mifflin Co.
Format: Print book

After repeatedly disastrous efforts to get himself out of trouble, George ends up being the first monkey in space.
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Sheep Blast Off!

Nancy Shaw - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

When a mysterious spacecraft lands in a nearby pasture, the lovable, blundering sheep get in gear for the ride of their lives! Unfortunately, these sheep don't know the first thing about piloting a spaceship . . . but there may be someone else on board who does! Readers will have a blast...
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A Is for Astronaut: Exploring Space from A to Z

Traci N. Todd - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Learning about space has never been so much fun! An out-of-this-world mix of vintage illustrations and contemporary photos makes this book about space as entertaining to look at as it is to read. With simple information about everything from the planets to animals in space, to the food...
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Stop, Train, Stop! a Thomas the Tank Engine Story

Owain Bell - Beginner Books
Format: Book

Illustrated in full color. When Thomas the Tank Engine decides to bypass his usual stops and speed directly to the end of the line, havoc ensues. Passengers bounce up and down in their seats and in their beds, no one can get on or off the train, and everything in the baggage car gets mixed...
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Bear on the Train

Brian Deines - Kids Can Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover

One fall day, a bear follows the smell of grain down a mountain and onto a hopper car on a mile-long freight train. Nobody sees him but Jeffrey, who shouts at him to get off the train. The bear pays no attention and soon settles in for a long winter sleep. For months, Jeffrey watches for the train...
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A Train Goes Clickety-Clack

Jonathan London - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Trains are fast. Trains are sleek. Trains make wonderful sounds as the wheels clatter, boilers hiss, and couplings clang. This playful picture book captures the excitement of trains through evocative language and vibrant illustrations. A little boy and his family are on a special train...
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Trouble on the Tracks

Kathy Mallat - Walker & Company
Format: Library Binding

There's Trouble with a capital "T" lurking among the familiar faces as a train makes its way through the villages along its route. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Little Engine That Could

Watty Piper - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

THE ALL-TIME CLASSIC, RE-ILLUSTRATED BY THE CREATOR OF OTIS!Everyone loves The Little Engine That Could, that classic tale of the determined little engine that, despite its size, triumphantly pulls a train full of toys to the waiting children on the other side of a mountain.Now the great...
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Clickety Clack (Picture Books)

Margaret Spengler - Viking Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

A train gets noisier and more crowded as quacking ducks, dancing acrobats, talking yaks, and packs of elephants create pure mayhem. But Driver Zach is a very patient man . . . until two pesky little mice climb on board. Full color.
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I Love Trains!

Philemon Sturges - HarperCollins; 1st edition
Format: Book

A follow-up to the successful I Love Trucks!, this rhymed picture book introduces the preschool set to trains and the jobs they do.
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Night Train

Caroline Stutson - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

A majestic, streamlined locomotive sweeps into the pages of this striking picture book and a little boy climbs aboard for a nighttime journey. Through the countryside and on to the city, passing farms and houses and trucks on the highway, the journey is seen through the wide-open eyes of a child...
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The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

For twenty years, The Polar Express has been a worldwide bestseller and Christmas classic. A perfect keepsake for any family, this beautiful edition can be handed down to each new generation of readers.In 1986 The Polar Express was awarded the prestigious Caldecott Medal and hit the New York...
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Train Song

Harriet Ziefert - Orchard Books
Format: Print book

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Chuck's Truck

Peggy Perry Anderson - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Print book

Old Blue is Chuck's truck. When Chuck gets ready to go to town, his barnyard friends gather around. Into the truck climb the duck Luck, dogs Nip and Tuck, the burro Buck, workhorse Huck, the chicken that goes "cluck," Sue and Lou, and the goat Flo, too. So come along, jump...
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Trucks Board Book

Byron Barton - HarperFestival
Format: Board book

Byron Barton introduces young readers to the fun of trucks in this bold and colorful board book. With simple text and vibrant illustrations, readers will learn about a variety of trucks, including tow trucks, cement trucks, and delivery trucks. Trucks Board Book "will delight the youngest,...
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Big Truck and Little Truck

Jan Carr
Format: Hardcover

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Get to Work, Trucks

Don Carter - Roaring Brook Press; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Join eight hardworking machines for a day at the building site. Don Carter combines the irresistible lure of heavy machinery with simple learning concepts and bright dimensional art -- as vivid and appealing as the toys in the toy box.
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This Truck

Paul Collicutt

Let's go trucking!Once again, Paul Collicutt brings young children color-drenched pictures and easy words to pore over about a common obsession: trucks - from a basic pickup to a 240-ton giant dump truck to the NASA Space Crawler. Each illustration is coupled with v
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Truck

Donald Crews - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

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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Dumpy and the Firefighters

Julie Edwards

It's New Year's Day in Apple Harbor, and all the villagers are celebrating at Farmer Barnes' annual Open House, including Charlie, Pop-Up, and Dumpy the Dump Truck. But when the fire bell sounds, everyone's help is suddenly needed in town. Discovering that Pharaoh's General St
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Five Trucks (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))

Brian Floca - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Trucks of different shapes and sizes share one important purpose in this classic picture book from the bestselling creator of Moonshot and Locomotive.You have hurried to be on time. You look now through a window and see five trucks. They are hurrying, too. Where are they going? Five drivers...
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Trucks

Gail Gibbons - Crowell
Format: Print book

Explains how to view stars and ways to locate star pictures, known as constellations, throughout the year.
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Red Truck

K R Hamilton - Viking
Format: Hardcover

Can Red Truck make it up the hill? Red Truck can! Red Truck will!ZOOOM! Truck fans of all ages but especially the littlest ones will love cheering on the hardworking red tow truck that stars in this high energy picture book. Mighty Red Truck splashes and zooms through mud and rain to rescue...
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Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble

Patricia Hubbell - Amazon Children's Publishing
Format: School & Library Binding

Fast trucks, slow trucks, old trucks and new. For children who are fascinated by machines of transport, any sort of truck will do! Illustrated with mixed media collages, this simple rhyming story pays homage to every shape, size, and color of truck, while delighting in the jobs they perform...
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My Truck is Stuck!

Kevin Lewis - Hyperion Book CH; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

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,...
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I'm a Truck Driver

Jonathan London - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover

There are many different kinds of trucks to drive. You can dig up dirt with a power shovel, lift steel beams with a giant crane, flatten tar with a steamroller, and push away snow with a snowplow. Preschoolers will love watching the little boy and girl in the story as they sit in the driver's...
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Dig Dig Digging

Margaret Mayo - Orchard
Format: Hardcover

Busy machines for busy kids!"Diggers are good at dig, dig, digging,scooping up the earth and lifting and tipping.They make huge holes with their dig, dig, digging.They can work all day."Trucks and tractors, fire engines and helicopters-they all like...
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I Stink!

Kate McMullan - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train comes a noisy addition to the hilarious read-aloud series from Kate and Jim McMullan, the popular creators of I'm Bad! and I'm Dirty! Now a streaming animated series!"Know what I do at night while you're...
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A Fire Engine for Ruthie

Lesléa Newman - Clarion Books
Format: Print book

Ruthie loves to visit Nana, but they don't always like to play with the same things. Ruthie loves fire engines and motorcycles, while Nana loves dolls and dress-up clothes. Nana's neighbor, Brian, gets to play with fire engines and motorcycles. So why doesn't Ruthie? Energetic...
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Melvin Might? (Jon Scieszkas Trucktown)

Jon Scieszka - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Cement Mixer Melvin worries a lot. He worries he might get dirty. He worries he might get stuck. He even worries he might get worried. But one fateful day Rescue Rita is in need of a little rescuing, and Trucktowns biggest worrywart is the only one who can save the day. Theres just one problem:...
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Smash! Crash!

Jon Scieszka - Scholastic
Format: Paperback

Welcome to Jon Scieszka's Trucktown, a brand-new preschool/kindergarten series that will come in more shapes, sizes, and formats than you can shake a bumper at. It's a world where all the characters are trucks, all the stories are action driven, and boys and girls can imagine themselves...
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Fire Truck

Peter Sis - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

Matt loves fire trucks, and one morning when he wakes up, he is a fire truck--right down to his hoses, hooks, and ladders! His wheels and sirens couldn't be handier for performing many important duties around the house, especially rescuing teetering teddy bears or precariously placed pets....
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The Trucker

Brenda Weatherby - Scholastic
Format: Print book

Mark Weatherby's artwork explodes with excitement and adventure in this story about a little boy whose toy truck magically grows as big as a real one!Early one morning, Wesley plays with his toy truck when something odd begins to happen. It gets bigger, and bigger - until it's...
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Farmer Dale's Red Pickup Truck

Lisa Wheeler - Harcourt
Format: Print book

Farmer Dale is hauling a load of hay into town when, one by one, he meets some bossy barnyard animals looking for a lift. The kindly farmer lets them all squeeze in, but then his trusty truck breaks down and everyone is stranded. That is, until they get over their differences and pull together...
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Maisy's Book of Things that Go: A Maisy First Science Book

Lucy Cousins - Candlewick; Ina Pop edition
Format: Hardcover

Let’s go! Maisy loves things that move. With the help of fun tabs, little readers can learn the simple workings of her favorite modes of travel.How does a sailboat sail? What makes the train wheels turn? Why does a hot-air balloon rise high in the sky? Like all small children, Maisy...
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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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Good Night Engines

Denise Dowling Mortensen - Clarion Books
Format: Print book

In this imaginative, inviting bedtime book, lyrical verse tells of various vehicles winding down for the night and "rolling off to bed." On alternate spreads, luminous paintings depict a little boy playing with toy engines in his bedroom as well as life-sized engines in the outside...
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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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Delivery

Anastasia Suen - Viking
Format: Hardcover

Take a look around you. No matter where you turn, you'll see something being delivered--from the newspaper that gets tossed onto the front step each morning, to the pyramid of cans in the grocery store; from the flowers in the marketplace, to the gasoline at the filling station. Just...
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Good Night Engines

Denise Dowling Mortensen - Clarion Books
Format: Print book

In this imaginative, inviting bedtime book, lyrical verse tells of various vehicles winding down for the night and "rolling off to bed." On alternate spreads, luminous paintings depict a little boy playing with toy engines in his bedroom as well as life-sized engines in the outside...
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