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Snoozey choo choo book just right for toddlers and younger
When I first read through this book, I thought it was a loser (we received it as a gift).The text was so bland that I did not think I could stand to read it again and again to my son (now 27 months).But, he loves it.He shrieks with joy at the train coming around the mountain, he loves to call "all aboard!", he loves the intersection with the street.And now I love it, too, because it gives him so much joy and has taught him so much about trains.I have just placed an order for several other Byron Barton books and I can't wait for them to come.

Choo Choo Trains in Bright Colors
This is just the cutest little book for toddlers. I babysit for my and this book always seems to come over with her two little boys. They just adore looking at the choo choos as the seem to be moving across the pages. It?s also good for colors, this I know, as I?m always saying ?Point to the blue sky,? or ?Where is the red choo choo.? The illustrations and wonderful for children as well. They kind of remind me of those funny little toy people with the big round heads that I played with when I was a little girl. If you?ve got toddlers, or babysit, this is a good book to read with them.

My son's favorite book
This book is great - (...)when I read it aloud, it's kind of fun for adults to read, too.Out of all the books we have, I'd say this book is one of the top 2 my son wants to have read over and over.When we're not reading it, he flips through it on his own and looks at the clearly drawn, colorful, interesting pictures, which have just enough detail without being too complicated.The depictions of different kinds of trains are fairly accurate, too. And the book is a good length - not just a few pages, like some board books, but not so long he loses interest. ... Read more

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

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Girls Like It Too
I mistakenly thought Thomas was more a character for little boys.But my 21 month old daughter absolutely loves this book, and other Thomas books also.In fact "Go Train Go" was the first book title she ever said, as she'd hand the book to us to read.The illustrations are lovely, and I think the rhyming appeals to her.She's been requesting to read Thomas books daily, more than any other character.

Go, Train, Go
My 2 1/2 year old son loved the book.He brings it to me often to have me read it to him again and again. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Fiction    4. Humorous Stories    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Movie Tie - In    7. Railroads    8. Readers - Beginner    9. Trains    10. Transportation - General    11. Transportation - Trains    12. Juvenile Fiction / Transportation   

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A charming, captivating book
"I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track" is an expertly delivered little tale about a wandering ant in search of a snack and the concerned switchman who interrupts his lunch to try to save him from an oncoming train. The poem-- enthrallingly rythmic and vibrant-- would alone capture the attention of children (and their parents), but the dynamic, colorful illustrations infuse the story with even more drama and playful energy.

A Great New Book
I chose this book to read aloud to my son's preschool class and they loved it! The writing is exciting and the pictures are wonderful. And if you care to look beyond the great writing/illustrations you can explore thebigger themes of empathy and the strong caring for the weak with your child. All and all a fun read for adults and kids that does not pander to either group. I hope to see alot more from this new author-it's a treat to read a children's book that is geared towards kids instead of their parents!(My mom is a 20 year veteran of the public library system in the children's department and agrees that this is a great read!) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - InsectsSpidersetc.    2. Ants    3. Children's Baby/Preschool    4. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Fiction    7. General    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Railroads    10. Stories in rhyme    11. Transportation - General    12. BG-TRANSPORTATION - BG-AUTO    13. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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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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come on and play with your food
You know that you are not supose to play with your food right?Well now is the time to break that rule!The creators of this book sure have!They have created figures and things that go out of all sorts of fruits and vegetables!Paired up with rhyming text this book is sure to be a hit for kids of all ages!
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Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Preschool Picture Story Books    7. Transportation    8. Transportation - General    9. Vegetable carving    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / General   

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Very helpful book
This book takes you line by line through drawing cars, trucks, and motorcycles.Some are relatively simple, others complex.It is not perhaps an excellent way to learn to draw, but it will help you get a feelfor drawing.It also has good explanations for the quartered wheeltechnique of circles.All in all a pretty good buy for the price-if cars,trucks, and motorcycles are what you want to draw. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art - Drawing    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Drawing    5. Juvenile literature    6. Motor vehicles in art    7. Technique    8. Transportation - General    9. Art / Drawing    10. Drawing & drawings    11. Motor cars   

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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   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Preschool    3. Construction equipment    4. Earthmoving machinery    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Preschool Picture Story Books    8. Specimens    9. Toy and movable books    10. Transportation - General    11. Fiction    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Transportation / General   

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The Three Little Rigs Book
My 3 year old grandson and 2 year old grandaughter really love this book.It is great!

Little Truck Lover
My son received this book for his 3rd birthday.As most boys, my son loves cars, trucks, planes and trains so this was a perfect choice for him.He LOVES this book!We have been reading it every night for months now and I really enjoy reading it.Even my 5 year old daughter who is learning to read likes reading it to her brother. The pictures are cute and colorful.I plan to buy for all boy birthday's that come up this year.You won't be disappointed in this book.

Excellent book for little truck-lovers!
I found this book in the local toy store and gave it to my 2 year old son, who LOVES trucks.He already knew the tale of the 3 little pigs, so he was familiar with the storyline, but very intrigued that there was a "similar" tale of trucks.The text follows the traditional story, but uses 3 little rigs and a big bad wrecking ball instead.The illustrations are great too, making this book one of my son's favorites.I'm going to buy Gordon's other book, "The Ugly Truckling" now! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Brothers    2. Children's 4-8    3. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 1-2    6. Children: Kindergarten    7. Concepts - General    8. Fairy Tales & Folklore - General    9. Fairy Tales & Folklore - Humorous Retelling    10. Family - Siblings    11. Fiction    12. Humorous Stories    13. Juvenile Fiction    14. Transportation - General    15. Trucks    16. Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings   

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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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Great for 7-9 years old
My 7 year old really liked this, and more generally this whole Landmark series is very good for young readers.Vocabulary and sentence structure are age appropriate.Content is good solid history.As opposed to much of the stuff for this age which is "silly" reading, this series lets them learn something while improving their reading skills.

Great informative and inspirational book
This book was easy to read and helped me gain an understanding of the Wright brothers and the influence their mother had on their lives as well as their accomplishments and what drove them to invent, and invent, and invent! Not only did it provide a good review of their acccomplishments, but it also provided inspiration to my 11 year old daughter. These men had a can do attitude and never gave up. I recommend this book for anyone who wants knowlege of the Wright brothers, and inspiration to always keep trying.

True Discription
A book that truly describes what happened to the Wright Brothers.It tells of how they went from almost nothing to building arplanes.It tells how they worked to build the airplane, and always wanted to build one. Recomended for anyone who wants to know more about Orville Wright andWilbur, and wants to read a good book ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1867-1912    2. 1871-1948    3. Aeronautics    4. Biography    5. Biography & Autobiography - General    6. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    7. Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology    8. Boys & Men    9. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    10. Children: Grades 4-6    11. Juvenile Nonfiction    12. Juvenile literature    13. United States    14. Wright, Orville,    15. Wright, Wilbur,    16. Aircraft    17. Inventors, engineers & medical figures    18. Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology   

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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suitable for a wide range of ages
I bought this book for my airplane-aficionado son when he was far too young to appreciate all of the advanced details about the jets. No problem - it's a great book to go through, looking at the pictures, and reading just what each letter stands for, starting with "A is for Aerocomet". It was the best airplane book we've found for little kids. Now that he's five, I'm reading the whole thing, every word. It stands up better than most to repeated rereadings.

The Jet Alphabet Book
The Jet Alphabet Book is really good because it has my favorite jet is in it; the SR-71 Blackbird. I really like that kind of jet because it can go 3 times the speed of sound and flies so high and so fast the pilot needs to wear a spacesuit and I recomend this book to children ages 4+.

Jet Alphabet Book
My 2 year old son loves this book.He requests it and has "read" it over and over.He can pick out and name specific jets by their shape and color.Illustrations are realistic. Not only doesthis book show both capital and lower case letters, it also shows anexample of jets that begin with each letter.Information about current andpast jets, some history, and a little about how they work. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alphabet    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Concepts - Alphabet    5. Dictionaries, Juvenile    6. Jet planes    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Reference - Dictionaries    9. Transportation - Aviation    10. Aircraft    11. Reference works    12. Things that go   

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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   

Editorial Review

The brightly colored photographs and simple rhymes of the I Spy books have a perennial appeal, as does the straightforward task they put before the child: see objects clearly on the left-hand page and pick them out from the complicated jumble on the right-hand page. The degree of difficulty varies widely from book to book, and this example from the board-book series is one of the very simplest, using for its images small areas of detail from the more complex photographs in books like

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A must-read if you child is crazy about anything with wheels
My 21-month-old son loves trains, cars, buses, tractors, diggers, motorbikes... anything he can roll along on their little wheels. I brought him to the library one day and he picked up this book and thus began our fascination with the I-Spy series. This clever book has green cars, police cars, zooming airplanes, a long choo-choo train etc hidden in places that challenges a toddler to seek out. It actually isn't all that easy! (I missed the kitty cat face for a while...) A wonderful book to read with eye-catching illustrations and catchy rhymes.

Good for very young toddlers
This is a "I spy" book for beginners. My 2 1/2 old was mesmerized by it the first time he saw it and immediately asked me to "read it again". However, he found all but one of the objectsrelatively quickly the first time around and now it won't take him morethan one minute to go through the whole book. I encourage him to look forobjects that are not featured on the left pages to make it morechallanging.

2 year old nephew's favorite book
i am enthralled with jean marzollo's i spy books. who cares where waldo is....i gave marzollo's books to people aged 2-77 ...... each gift was thoroughly enjoyed ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Baby - Games    2. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Fiction    5. Picture puzzles    6. Stories in rhyme    7. Toys    8. Transportation - General    9. Vehicles   

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My Son Loves This Book!
This book is Great! My 18 month old son loves it. When we first read it together during the holiday, he had me read it to him 5 times!Even now, everytime we read this book, we read it at least 2-3 times in a row if not more.I read all the reviews before purchasing this book and there is mention of a person whose son learned to crash things together from this book and that it is undesirable behavior.My comment on this is: 1) kids are going to be kids, and, 2)I really think your child's reaction to this book will be entirely dependant on their personality and character.My son is a cancer and he loves cars.My son is sensitive to the crash scene when it comes up (from the cars going too fast), he is almost upset, but when he sees the tow trucks (he loves trucks), he is happy again, and on the next page when he sees the mechanic fixing the cars with tools he loves it. Everytime this page comes up, he says, "Tool! Tool!" (of course we introduced him to tools before this book and he loves those as well).So you see, it really is all in the child's experience and personality.I think only one bad review out several (11 now I think it is) is not bad.This book was definately worth the try for us!

The book that turned my child onto books
Wow - this book was SUCH a hit with my son.Before we found this at a local bookstore, my son would actually get mad when I tried to get him to sit and listen to a story.He even took books out of my hand and flung them across the room.One day, I was DETERMINED to find a book that would be a hit.When I read this one, I knew I had found a hit: all the sound-effects, stop signs (he loved those) and the CRASH! (yes, I saw that the crash was given as a reason to dislike this book, but my then-1-year-old found it great fun to smack the book on the page with the crash, eagerly anticipating it each time).Thacher Hurd was my hero, as my son soon came to love all books, and due to our hours spent enjoying books, is quite advanced in his language arts skills now that he's in school.Thanks, Mr. Hurd, for a book that so appeals to little boys.:)

Zoom City rocks
When my daughter was 18 months old, she could recite this book.When her little brother was 2, he could recite this book.If either one is concerned about the speed with which either parent is negotiating a curve,we hear "Watch out!Too fast!CRASH!Disaster!"It's a real favorite at our house, even at 5 and close to 3, and we haven't had a problem with the crash issue.(When I read it, I add editorial comments, like "OH NO!" that might have helped) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Automobiles    2. Children's Baby - Boardbooks    3. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    4. Children: Babies & Toddlers    5. Concepts - General    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Transportation - General    9. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General   

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Ever had an airplane sketch "trapped" inside you?
Draw 50 Airplanes has been around for a while. I'm glad that it is still in print.Wish it had been around when I was a kid, doodling airplanes. A bunch of my favorites are there: Sopwiths,P-40s, Spitfires, F-86 Sabres, P-38s.Hopefully, someday, there will be a revised edition that can capture some late arrivals to the first century of flightthat today's kids really like- the Space Shuttle, the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk.There are dozens of "how to sketch", "how to draw" titles out there.This is not one of those books. This book skips the nuances of perspective and the agony of descriptive geometry. It is not about fine art... it is not about drafting...When you sign a note to a friend, did you ever want to be able to add a quick Spitfire with a flourish? One that someone else thinks looks like a Spitfire?Or how about a sketch of the Wright Flyer?This is THAT kind of a book. This is about the serious business of producing a happy characture of the airplane that dances in your head. It will egg you on until you pick up a pencil and make an airplane appear on the page.It will help you perfect that skill. A curved line here, a pair of straight lines there.One pencil stroke at a time.And it obviously wasn't written just for kids.This book can help just about anyone create some really neat airplane doodles.Who knows what comes from that... So many rich experiences in life depend on having some early successes, the hopeful satisfaction that causes you to press onward... J. Campbell Martin ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Airplanes in art    2. Art    3. Art - Drawing    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Drawing    7. Juvenile literature    8. Space vehicles in art    9. Technique    10. Techniques - Drawing    11. Transportation - Aviation    12. Aircraft: general interest    13. Art / Drawing    14. Drawing & drawings   

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Rising Water
Rising Water was a really good book!!! I would suggest that you read it and trust me, i know it is a little boring in the beggining but it gets good afterr that!

Rising Water Book review by tiffany age12
I Disagree with Baby Blues review because I did not think Rising Water was a great book. I thought it was ok but not great. I thoght it was an ok book because Ienjoy books that keep me hanging off the edge of my seat and Rising Water has quite a few dull parts to it. Some parts of it were unesessary

The changing of friends
This is a fast pace mystery. This book starts off really slow but as you get into it ,it becomes the most exciting book you have ever read.
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Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Brothers and sisters    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Conduct of life    6. Family - Siblings    7. Fiction    8. Floods    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Petersen, P. J.    11. Social Issues - General    12. Sports & Recreation - Winter Sports    13. Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure   

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Just Like the Airport
This book was the perfect book to prepare my 3 year old son for our upcoming plane trip. The pictures perfectly depict what it's like at the airport, including the waiting areas. We talk about what the people are doing, where they're going, and what's going on. Also, the pictures themselves are so colorful and fun to look at that it completely captures his attention.

Excellent for toddlers
My daughter, now 23 months, has loved this book since she was 14 months old.This book has made her even more fascinated with airplanes.When she sees an airplane she always points it out and asks to go on an airplane.She asks for us to read this book daily (my husband and I have it memorized).The illustrations are wonderfully bright in color.The text is simple but written well for young children to understand the pictures.This is one book I don't mind reading everyday!

Fun, fun, fun...
I have a two year old son, and he loves this book.The pictures are great, the descriptions are easy for him to understand, and are short enough to hold his attention.All of Byron Barton's books are great, but this one is his fave rave!!!!!!!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Airports    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Concepts - General    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Technology - Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science    8. Transportation - Aviation    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / General