Reviews (12)

Love it!
If your child likes Lowly and the Busytown gang, they'll love this book.The cars in this book are very creative and cute.

great design, fully worth the $3.99
great design!small yet easy to read.our toddler loves the pickle car, yogurt car, and zipper car depicted. a mix of real and fantasy vehicles.

Girls like trucks too
So far every review I've read has been about people's sons and their fascination with trucks.My little girl likes trucks too. And she love this book.Like one of the other reviewers, this is also our second copy, one for at daycare and one for in the "truck" so she can read everywhere we go. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Preschool    3. Concepts - Alphabet    4. Transportation - General    5. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Alphabet    6. Road & motor vehicles   

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Children: Preschool    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    8. Juvenile Fiction / Transportation    9. Novelty, toy & die-cut books   

Editorial Review

"I stink!" How can you not love such swagger and candor? And Kate andJim McMullan's big-eyed, loudmouthed garbage truck really Read more

Reviews (28)

One of the best children's books ever!
This book is one that we had checked out at the library and we had to buy it! It is funny, original and educational all at the same time! A must for a little boy's library! Entertaining for parents, too!

Who would have thunk it?
I recently purchased this book for my 3 1/2 year old daughter as she is fascinated with big trucks and construction equipment.This has become one of her favorite books and she requests it read to her at least a couple of times a day.She also enjoys the sister book "I'm Dirty".

Best Read Aloud Book for Boys
I actually lost my voice after a few days of reading this fun read aloud. Toddlers and truck-loving, machine crazed toddlers will love this intimate look at a garbage truck, how he spends his days and nights. It even includes a disgustingly fun alphabet as we discover all of the gross things found in the garbage dump. Highly recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Preschool    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Lifestyles - City & Town Life    7. Lifestyles - City Life    8. Preschool Picture Story Books    9. Refuse and refuse disposal    10. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    11. Transportation - General    12. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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I cannot lie...this is a great story!
I've read it before, and now I own it! Read this to your child at night and I swear he/she will keep talking about it for years to come! Here are the characters you will see from the movie...
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Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Automobile racing    3. Automobiles    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Fiction    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Movie Tie - In    10. Preschool Picture Story Books    11. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    12. Transportation - General    13. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

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Worth Spending Money
Hi!!The book is wonderful for beginers.It helps you get the basic right.Almost all aspect are covered so that you can start sketching cars on your own like side view,3d view.Gives detail information for drawing tyres.This book has helped me a lot and I would recommend this book to everyone without any hesitation.

Never knew I could draw
I bought this book for myself as a 37th B-day gift and realized after all those years.... I can draw!!! : ) My wife swears I've taken art before but I haven't. After drawing 2 cars I used the techniques to draw a car out of another book and it looks good. I am my toughest critic and I like what I see. I bought 2 other books which cost more and they don't teach you half as much as what you learn with this book. I wish someone had given me this for my 9th B-day. Good luck.

aswome
Great book, i drew almost all the carws in it and some on the way to my vacation in south carolina. it teaches you the basics on how cars are drawn by the format they give you its easy, my freind got the hang of it in 20 min! its worth your buy. you get a format for: BMW, Porche, Mercades, and all other brands like Corvette, Audi, etc. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art - Drawing    2. Art - Techniques    3. Automobiles in art    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Drawing    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Technique    10. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    11. Art techniques, equipment & materials    12. Drawing & drawings   

Reviews (13)

Great book for GRANDMAS.
I purchased this book for my grandson, age 20 months, who LOVES trucks.He'll pick this up all by himself and look at all the pages. Nice digital photos of all sorts of trucks, with all their names.A must-have.

My Son Loves It!
I bought this for my 18 month old son.I can not tell you how much he loves it.He is constantly dragging it over to me saying "car, car,vroom, vroom"It is too funny.We have had it for a couple of months already and he has never tired of it.I would highly recommend it!PS..My son is pretty strong (and head strong!) so I can tell you that it holds up under any kind of play

Nice Book
What can I say?My son loves this book.It has large durable pages with bold pictures. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Juvenile literature    5. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    6. Transportation - General    7. Trucks   

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Great Read Aloud for my 4 year olds
This is the first book I have read by this author and it is absolutely amazing. Done in rhyme, a child describes in perfect detail what the construction would be for his fine automobile.
Cute book for car lovers
My son loves this book. No great plot, but fun to read.

EB White Read Aloud Award
I knew this was a great book, but now it's official! This book just won the E. B. White Read Aloud Award! My kids ask me to read this book over and over again. The illustrations are so lively and bright and the rhyme is dead on.
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Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Children's All Ages - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Fiction    6. Imagination & Play    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Stories in rhyme    9. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    10. Transportation - General    11. Juvenile Fiction / Transportation   

Reviews (6)

Son loves it
My truck loving 2 year old loved this book. He did manage to break it fairly soon, being a board book, but he still loves it.

My son loves this book!
My son is only 2 years old but he loves trucks. This is the perfect book for your son or daugther if they love trucks, too.
Great Truck Lovers Book!
My just 2 year old loves this book! It is easy for him to carry while he is on the go - and it goes everywhere!!He loves trucks and this is great for him! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Earthmoving machinery    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    7. Transportation - General    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Cars & Trucks   

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Not for a five year old
I bought this book for my five year old boy.Based on the description, it sounded age appropriate.However, it was a little advanced for him so we returned it.Maybe better for eight and up.

Incredibly simple to learn, no tears
Some art books can make kids cry in frustration with, "I don't get it, I can't do it". I have never had that problem with books from this artist, kids just love these!Ed Emberly has made some wonderful books for kids and grown-ups of any age that have no drawing skills, but want to learn a simple way. His books are the easiest books to get you started if you have no previous drawing skills. He doesn't talk down to you, he doesn't talk at all but uses his step by step method for you to follow. As a result, you can use these books for kids that have language issues. He starts with a step by step illustrated lesson to draw one simple item. First a simple straight line here, then insert a circle then, then another line, step by step along the way and before you know it you have a completed drawing that you can be really proud of. I teach Cub Scouts and this artist makes the perfect book for teaching a class when you are a volunteer yourself that is not an art pro.
Great For Your Older Artist
This is a book that uses stick figures and basic shapes to help children learn to draw more complicated pictures. This is an interactive book to teach drawing. Every little artist will enjoy the simple step-by-step drawings and colorful illustrations that Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Trucks and Trains contains. Smaller children will learn new words while their older siblings can use the book to learn how to draw more complicated pictures than just stick figures. However, it is somewhat difficult for the four-year-old child. An age recommendation on the book itself would make buying the book a little easier for parents and gift-giving relatives.
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Subjects:  1. Art - Drawing    2. Children's 4-8 - Art & Art Instruction    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Children: Grades 2-3    6. Emberley, Ed    7. Juvenile Fine Arts    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    10. Transportation - Railroads & Trains    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / Drawing   

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Great new story
After reading the original 5 or 6 Curious George stories to my 2 year old son about a hundred times, it is refreshing to see some new adventures. We just picked up this book today after going to the dump and my son just loves it. The spirit of the original stories is still there while the artwork is slightly more crisp and detailed. I look forward to reading the other new stories!

Little Boys Love It!
A dump truck, a lever that gets pulled not once but twice, and robbers!What a combo and George is a hero again.I hope someday that they bring this version out of print.My boys loved it and my preschool boys page through it everyday! It is also a great springboard to the other great Curious George books.

A family favorite
My 3 year old loves Curious George books and all kinds of heavy equipment so combining the two means it's one of his favorite books, and just like George he is always curious especially about George and why he is doingwhat he is doing.In our house both my 3 year old and 17 month old wouldsooner read about Curious George than watch tv. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Ducks    5. Dump trucks    6. Fiction    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Monkeys    10. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    11. Transportation - General    12. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Apes & Monkeys    13. Picture books    14. Ages 4 - 8    15. Grades PreK - 3    16. Picture Book   

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My son goes bananas over firetrucks (and now this book)!
If your son/daughter is in to firetrucks,this is the book.My two-year old son is bananas over this book.He looks at it all the time and loves rubbing his hands over the textures on each page. The pictures are great and realistic.This is a must-have for the (2-year old) firetruck ethusiast! He/she will have blast with this book.

For much smaller kids...
I bought this book for my three year old who LOVES fire trucks. Although he does love it, it is a bit small and seems geared toward age 1-2. It is a very short book, just a few pages, and very small for the price. The size is clearly listed on the page, but I wasn't prepared for how small it actually was. Still a cute and entertaining book my son enjoys looking at the pictures and feeling the front grill of the fire truck. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - General    2. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    3. Children: Preschool    4. Concepts - Sense & Sensation    5. Fire engines    6. General    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Specimens    10. Textured books    11. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Cars & Trucks   

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Toddler loves this book!
We checked this book out at the library and it quickly became my 19 month old son's favorite. Since we have hit our renewal limit, I am now purchasing it for him along with some of the other ones by the same author. The book is wonderfully illustrated and holds my son's attention with its simple yet entertaining words.

My son loves this book!
He will dig through his basket of, say, 20 books just to find this one.He is too young to read and has trouble even waiting for me to page through it with him, but if I leave him alone this is the book he picks.I suppose it is the primary colors and the simple shapes.I suspect I will have to pick up some more of Barton's books to see if they work too...

Buy them all
This book was the impetus for buying the rest of the books by this author.We absolutely love these. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Boardbooks    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Juvenile literature    5. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    6. Trucks    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Cars & Trucks   

Reviews (4)

Recite a Memorable Story at night
My son who is 2 3/4 yo loves this story so much that we recite it at night.I tell parts of it, and he chimes in with what he remembers.The first few times we did it, he remembered parts I didn't remember!Very easy read.I wish there were more books like this!I do caution that it gives away the story.

Fun character book fro a great movie.
The step into reading chapter books are just great books in general.
I own this...everyone will love it!
I bought this book at Wal-Mart and you cannot believe how good of a story it is! I read it once to my sister and she simply loves it! I love it, too, and I constantly start picking it up and reading it. I recommend this for every parent and child and yes, I certainly agree with the last review about this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Automobiles    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Fiction    6. Friendship    7. Humorous Stories    8. Juvenile Easy Readers    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Movie Tie - In    11. Racing    12. Readers - Beginner    13. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    14. Transportation - General    15. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

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Great for those that like fire engines
My 2 1/2 year old son loved the book from the minute I brought it home from the library. No matter which other books I take out to read, he asks for this one instead. What attracted me was the illustrations have a "Richard Scarry" feel to them. So they are three gentle looking animals that are firefighters and save a dog in a fire. It's a fairly quick read, good for those nights where everyone is a little more tired than usual, and it rhymes. I'm here buying a copy now since the library book has to be returned in another week and I know I'll get the request for it. At the end, it has the back page where they explain in more detail different things a fire fighter uses like helmet, air mask, etc.

A cute book for your fire engine lover.
My 3 year old daughter and I really enjoy this book and the others in this series.My daughter loves fire engines and this book is informative as well as fun.The story begins with the fire engines waiting at the fire house.The alarm bell sounds and the crew rushes off to fight a fire. As the story continues everything the fire crew does is explained in easy to understand terms.I really liked the expanation of how the water is pulled from the ground through the fire hydrant to fight the fire.After the resident of the house is rescued and the fire is extinguished, the crew goes back the fire house to clean up, take a break, and await the next fire.The illustrations in this book are just okay.The animals that make up the fire crew look a little strange to me but my daughter was able to identify what they were (bird, mouse, rabbit).The best part of this book is the informative rhymes that make up the story.Not too much information for a tired mom like me to read at night.My daughter and I really like the the last page of the book that lists pictures of fire engine parts and equipment and their names.Thanks to this book my daughter knows new words like water tank and pump and what they do.My daughter asks me to read this book often and it has become a favorite.If your child is really into fire engines and books about them check out the book Dot the Fire Dog.It's another one we really enjoy.

Good for 2-3 year olds
We checked this book out of the library and my 2.75 year oldloves it. The sentences are too complicated for him, but he likes thepictures and the detailed explanation of the firefighter's equipment on the last page. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Animals - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Preschool    5. Fire engines    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    9. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    10. Juvenile Fiction / Transportation   

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Okay for the Younger Driver, But Definitely Not 'Everything'
'The Driving Book' by Karen Gravelle with illustrations by Helen Flook is a book with young drivers in mind.While the directions might be common knowledge to the driving veteran, it covers a wide variety of topics over the 161 pages of the main text.Much of this information, however, can be found in the local driver's guide, so this book was written probably because the author couldn't _not_ write it.
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Subjects:  1. Anecdotes    2. Automobile driving    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. Driver Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Personal & Practical Guides    8. Popular works    9. Reference    10. Reference - General    11. Social Issues - New Experience    12. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Cars & Trucks   

Editorial Review

One sunny day on Merryhill Farm, all the trucks are busily toiling,including Trundle the Tractor and Bee-Bee the Backhoe. All, that is, except forone rusty old forgotten fellow: Dumpy the Dump Truck. Relegated to the weedsbehind the barn, Dumpy has been gathering dust and mouse nests for a long time.And it looks like the end is near when Farmer Barnes decides it's time for theold barn to come down, and Dumpy to be, well, dumped. "But I love Dumpy," saysCharlie, the farmer's son. "It's so sad to get rid of something you love just tomake room for something new." His grandfather, Pop-Up, agrees, and before theyknow it, the two are up to their ears in grease, paint, and tools. But can theyfinish sprucing up Dumpy before the barn has to come down?Read more

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Perfect!!
Thank you Ms Andrews for such a great little series. My 2 grandsons love Dumpy and are overjoyed when a new Dumpy book comes out. Ms Andrews, you sure know children. Thank you for the gift you have given my two grandsons.

Perfect!!
Ms Andrews has done a great job in this and all her Dumpy Books. My grandsons love the story of Dumpy and everytime I say,"boys another Dumpy book is here", they smile from ear to ear and want me to read it immediately. Great books for PreSchoolers Ms Andrews, you know children very well...Thanks

I have grown to HATE this book!!!
I have read this book at least once a day for the past year.I HATE IT!My son loves it.He is 2.5 now, but dumpy was one of his first vocab words.This is not a modern book, but a slow paced family oriented view of life as it was/ought to be.Be prepared to be animated and read with lots of noises.The whole collection is full of them. Thanks to these books, my son can tell the difference between a backhoe and a bulldozer and a rooster and a chicken. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Dump trucks    5. Farm life    6. Fiction    7. Grandfathers    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life    10. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    11. Transportation - General    12. Trucks    13. Juvenile Fiction / Transportation   

Reviews (5)

I dig it!
This was given to my son as a gift and it is truly one of the best books we've seen that contains a plethera of construction scenes, roadblocks and comical illustrations that will have you digging for more. Help Lightning find the bones buried in each of Mr. Rally's jobs and count along as they go through a day's work. The classic art technique make this tale a truly timeless treasure.

Mr. Rally rules!
After having to renew this book from the library every three weeks for the past several months, I finally decided to buy it!My two year old son absolutely loves it and never gets tired of us reading it to him.He is still noticing new things about the story and the illustrations that keep him interested.Mr. Rally, the backhoe driver is the main character, and he has five big digging jobs to do.We now "play Mr. Rally" by digging in our yard, and see "Rally trucks" at every construction site we pass!We even break up errands on weekends into "five big jobs to do" and count them off as we complete them.I highly recommend this book!

Entertaining even on the 100th reading
The theme is simple:a backhoe driver, accompanied by his dog, have five digging jobs to complete in one day.The story line, however, has a great combination of repetition and flavor.And the ending helps toddlers/preschoolers see the worker at home doing in a small way what he does at work (note the title!).The illustrations are just as important to the story, and offer a secondary plot line, involving the dog, not included in the text.There's plenty here to read but, more importantly, talk about with children.After at least 50 readings (maybe twice that many), I greatly appreciate how much there is in this little book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Dogs    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Preschool    4. Concepts - Counting & Numbers    5. Construction equipment    6. Construction workers    7. Dogs    8. Excavating machinery    9. Fiction    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Preschool Concepts    12. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    13. Transportation - General    14. Juvenile Fiction / Transportation   

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A good book, with a lot of car history.
Thos book is a exellent maker- history encyklopedia, it contains information about modells as well as owner history. The one thing that would make this book perfect is more modell data. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Children's 9-12 - Transportation    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science    4. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    5. Encyclopedias    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Reference    8. Reference - Encyclopedias    9. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    10. Transport: General Interest   

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Character Reader for little ones
I really liked this review of the story cars.It is rather short, I wish it were longer, however, young children will get the meaning of the book or story pretty clearly.Take care of those who love you, it will come back to you.Learn not to be selfish and self serving.Really, is not that how we will all have a better life? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Movie Tie - In    6. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    7. Transportation - General    8. Juvenile Fiction / Movie or Television Tie-In   

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buyer beware!
This book has great photos and provides a very basic overveiw of the trucking industry. I would reccommend this book to any school library. Don't be fooled, this book is not written to help with answering more technical questions that would be sort after by students taking lessons for a career in the trucking industry... For this I strongly reccomend "Bumper to Bumper"

Tractor-Trailer Trucker is exciting!
A Powerful Truck Book where we get to hook up the tractor to the trailer; load the cargo & inspect the rig. Put the truck in gear - you should see how many they have - pull onto the highway & head out in the driver's seat. Good for learning
I think that this book is good for learning because it tells about tractor-trailers. It also tells how they fix trucks. The photos show good photographs in your head with the words. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Science    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Juvenile literature    5. Tractor trailer combinations    6. Tractor trailers    7. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    8. Truck driving    9. Trucks    10. Life Skills & Personal Awareness, General Studies    11. Road & motor vehicles