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   

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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   

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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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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   

Reviews (3)

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   

Reviews (2)

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   

Reviews (8)

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)

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   

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    2. Driver Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    6. Education / Driver Education    7. Roadcraft, driving & the Highway Code   

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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   

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all about trucks
Tough Trucks is a simple picture book with very few words per page.It tells about all sorts of trucks in the world.Each page has a picture of a truck with the job that it does.Each of the trucks are operated by cute little cartoon like animals that caught the attention of my 2 year old sister.This book is really neat for boys and girls for all ages.
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Subjects:  1. Animals - General    2. Children's Baby - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Children: Preschool    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Preschool Informational Books    9. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    10. Transportation - Cars/Trucks    11. Transportation - General    12. Trucks    13. 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   

Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Specimens    8. Textured books    9. Touch    10. Transportation - Cars & Trucks   

Reviews (2)

On of the best!!
My one year old son loves the things that go series by DK publishing and when he found the bigger version with new photos in it he had to have it.He actually sits still to look at it.

This book has traction!
My son loves tractors and trucks and cars and he loves his tractor book with wheels on it. If your little boy loves anything that digs or rolls or drives buy this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Farm life    4. Farm tractors    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Tractors    8. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Cars & Trucks   

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2 year old son loves these books
My son loves trucks these days and got these truck board books for his 2nd birthday a few weeks ago and he loves them. He did manage to separate the book because it's a board book and he likes to snap the pages around but even in pieces he still loves to read it, look at it and have it read to him. The only reason I don't give this 5 stars is because there aren't many pages to them, but this doesn't matter to kids who like the same few pages read over and over anyway.

Great Truck Lovers Book!
My just 2 year old loves bulldozers and backhoes and this book is everything he loves!! It is a nice size and easy for him to carry everywhere! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    2. Children: Babies & Toddlers    3. Earthmoving machinery    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Machinery    7. Specimens    8. Toy and movable books    9. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    10. Transportation - General    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Cars & Trucks   

Reviews (3)

3 year olds love it
I have three year old twin boys who love this book.It is a very basic book- great for introducing children to monstertrucks.It's a favorite bedtime book.

Great for Beginning Readers
Awesome book for beginning readers.Easy to read text and great photos of all your Monster Jam favorites.There's even a one-page golssary at the end with simple terms like engine, body, frame and my son's favorite new term:"mud-bogging".

PERFECT!!!
My 4-year-old son is hugely into Monster Trucks and Monster Jam, so this book is a great pleaser for him.This is the perfect book for young ones who love anything with wheels on it (especially when they're big wheels). ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 3-4    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Juvenile literature    5. Monster trucks    6. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    7. Truck racing    8. Trucks   

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The big book of cars rocks!
Great book. I'm glad I bought it. No regrets!

Have A Kid Who LikesCars?
Then this is an excellent choice. I'm a children's librarian and this book always goes out. Big glossy pictures, fold out pages and interesting facts on what the car does (for instance, the dodge viper has an engine 6 times the size of a small family car, has special handles on the door that you have to poke at in order to open it, and a front spoiler that prevents air from getting under the car at high speeds and lifting it up. Did you know that the new vw bug has a warranty that says the doors will not rust for 12 years, and that flower vases are standard issue?) This book is sure to delight even the youngest children, and most adults will probably like it as well. There is even a picture of a car with a swimming pool in the back. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Children's 4-8 - Transportation    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Cars & Trucks   

Reviews (1)

Perfect Picture Book for Kids
We originally had the Big Truck book...but it eventually wore out because we read it so many times. I bought this one to replace it, and it's even better. The pictures are great, and it helps me use my imagination...to come up with stories to go along with the pictures. My son requests this book as his bedtime story every night. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Kindergarten    2. Juvenile Nonfiction    3. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    4. Transportation - Railroads & Trains    5. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Railroads & Trains   

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A book with wheels!
My 15 month son is crazy about this book. We first found it at Horizons bookstore in Traverse City while waiting for a family member. My son wheeled the book around the store--keeping him busy for a half hour! Reading the book or pushing it around never fails to engage him--I'm purchasing a new copy now because he has used it a bit too much! (I recommend reinforcing the binding with a bit of tape if you've got a vigorous boy like I do.) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Preschool    3. Fire Science    4. Fire engines    5. Fire extinction    6. Fire fighting    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Preschool Informational Books    10. Technology - How Things Work/Are Made    11. Transportation - Cars & Trucks    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / Cars & Trucks