Best of
Trucks
2012
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
Brianna Caplan Sayres - 2012
Young readers will identify with fire engines, tractors and monster trucks as the vehicles ask for one more story while their mommy trucks tuck them in, and their daddy trucks sing a goodnight song. Children who can't get enough of trucks will love Brianna Caplan Sayres things-that-go bedtime story.
Monster Trucks
Lynn Peppas - 2012
People watch them in races and jumps, or tractor pulls and car-crushing derbies. Kids will learn about the design of this enormous vehicle!
Big Rigs
Cari Meister - 2012
This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about tractor-trailers, or semis, and how these large trucks deliver goods we use every day.
Wheels and Axles
Siân Smith - 2012
This book examines wheels and axles, and uses simple language and labeled photographs to explain the scientific principles behind their use.
Monster Trucks
Clive Gifford - 2012
Superfans dress up in the painted designs of their hero truck, pack the seats, and add to the noise. Monster trucks are their superheroes. On wheels. Very, very BIG wheels.First published in 2012 as part of the Mighty Machines series, this new release has more pages and is as big and bold in color and content as the roaring monsters that crush cars, jump in the air, and do wheelies, spins and tricks.Large type describes the nuts and bolts of monster trucks, literally: how they are made, what makes them safe, and exactly how impressively big and tall and wide and fat they are. But the kick for monster truck fans are the pages and pages of the most famous monster trucks: Monster Medic, Thundertrax, Maximum Destruction, Jurassic Attack, Raminator, Grim Reaper and more.With a quiz to test monster truck know-how and activities to keep the fun going, plus a glossary of terms, Monster Trucks is perfect for kids to enjoy alone or with other monster truck superfans.
Diggers (Rough & Tough Series)
Fiona Boon - 2012
Discover amazing facts and explore the bright photographs of many different machines in these four new tactile books. The small, padded foam format is ideal for little hands to hold and explore each page, and even feels just like a real tire.
Fire Trucks in Action
Anne E. Hanson - 2012
Learn more about how these vehicles help with this life saving work in Fire Trucks in Action.
Demolition
Sally Sutton - 2012
Crush the stone. Chip and grind and munch. Make new concrete from the old. Whirr! Churr! Crunch!From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack! ) to the toothy jaws that ram the walls (thwock! ), this rambunctious demolition, reverberating with sound words, is guaranteed to have small kids rapt. Bright spreads showcase the gargantuan machines in all their glory, and a pictorial glossary explains what each one can do.