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This Level 1 book is appropriate for children who are just beginning to read.

John has a special delivery today. But there is trouble ahead. Will he make it on time? For children who are just beginning to read and who have a limited vocabulary, these 32-page Level 1 books-about everything from tadpoles to puppies-use word repetition and simple sentences to convey meaning. Picture dictionary boxes with word labels "show" the meanings of words. These books contain between 400 and 450 words each, and they are 80 percent pictures and 20 percent text. The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4. ... Read more

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John's Truck
This is an excellent book for three and up. My son enjoys the realistic pictures and the engaging story.

Truck Trouble no trouble for little ones!
I bought this book on a whim one year ago when my daughter was 3 years old. I wasn't sure if she would like a book about trucks. The first time I read it to her, she fell in love with it. She loves the pictures and story about the truck driver, his life in his truck (complete with bed), and his troubles on the road. I still have to read this book to her, now that she is four years old and into princess fairies. I highly recommend this book for all kids, even if you think they may not be truck lovers. ... Read more

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Motorbooks offers an exciting package featuring the real cars upon which Hot Wheels' legendary diecast toys are based.Vehicle models are presented in striking color photographs, with basic history and interesting facts outlined in simple, easy-to-read and understand language.Receive great books with Hot Wheels cars matching the vehicle covered by the book.Geared towards children, ages 10 and up, but attractive and appealing to collectors and car buffs of all ages. ... Read more

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Best bus book for preschoolers!!!
I bought this book for my four-year-old who LOVES buses!!!There are really no other bus books out there and this one was perfect!!It showed each part of the bus and explained it in kid-appropriate terms.This book comes out every night for a bedtime story and it has become a definite favorite in our house.

Best School Bus Book!
This book is the best book for teaching kids all about school buses and safety. It shows them what school buses are used for and tells them how different parts of the bus operate and why.The pictures are excellent andshow a variety of different buses and close ups of all the different parts.I have a toddler who is crazy about School Buses and this book lets him seeeverything on a bus. He has learned all the parts of the bus and what theydo.We read this book every night before bed and never get tired of it!Thank you for providing such a wonderful book for kids. (and grown-upstoo!) ... Read more

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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.

Before starting out there's a lot to do: check under the hood for fluid levels, shock absorbers & frayed hoses & wiring. Check the tires, load the cargo & do your circle check. Phew! That took a lot of time & now it's breakfast at the truck stop & then off on the road with all its sights & sounds, dreams & driving

With bold, bright photos & simple, engaging language, Joyce Slayton Mitchell & Stephen Borns takes us through a tractor-trailer trucker's day. They even provide us with a glossary & a page of trucker talk terms.

A grand learning & talking book - a must for every kid, young & old, who drools at the sight of tractor-trailers, juggernauts, behemoths! I loved this book!

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

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Discover the story of cars -- from the earliest horseless carriages to the modern supercar.

Here is a spectacular and informative look at the fascinating world of motor cars, past and present. Stunning real-life photographs of cars, both classic and contemporary and of all the mechanisms that make a car go offer a unique "eyewitness" view from bumper to bumper. See one of the world's oldest cars, how to make a Model T Ford, inside a Gullwing Mercedes, and cars and engines sliced in half. Learn why cars need gears, how the engine works, how the first drivers kept warm, and how turbochargers boost engine power. Discover the weird and wonderful warning signals used in early cars, how tires have changed through the years, how cars are designed and built today, why cars need suspension, and much, much more. ... Read more

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Good Pictures and Explanations
This book has very good pictures with thouroughly explained explanations. Great for a kid that likes cars and wants to learn what the parts do and the history of them.

Not a strong treatment of the subject
Like other volumes in the Eyewitness Books series, Car is full of beautiful photographs and countless interesting tidbits. Initial topics, focusing on both the old-time automobiles as well as how they fit into society, were quite interesting. However, the portions on the innards of the car became technical and rather boring. It reads like a poorly-translated repair manual at times. My wife and I both felt that it should have stayed with the cultural aspects of automobiles--for example, what has its role been in non-European and non-American societies? Also, a stunning omission is the lack of information on future designs and current experimentation. Not recommended except on a cursory basis. ... Read more

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What happens in an emergency?

An ambulance races to the scene.

Ride with EMTs as they rush to the rescue! ... Read more

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Stop!
What's Your Car I.Q.?

The fastest kind of car:

A. A jet-powered dragster
B. An invisible spy car
C. Any car that is red and has flames painted on the sides

Cars were invented by:

A. Karl Benz
B. Professor Flubber
C. Two horses in Ohio who got tired of carrying people around all day

Souped-up cars are made with what kind of soup?

A. Chicken noodle
B. Pea
C. No actual soup is used

Answers inside! ... Read more

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Follow firefighters from siren to rescue in this exciting book featuring a variety of rescue machines from fire trucks to ambulances, lifeboats to rescue helicopters. Machines at Work: Fire Truck also contains fun facts about how high a ladder on a truck can reach and exactly what a fire crew does-starting from the moment they learn of a fire. ... Read more

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It's summertime at Hero Lake, and the water search-and-rescue team is working overtime. From a stranded swimmer to a boat breakdown and a capsized power-boat, rescue vehicles such as the patrol boat and lake speeder make sure the waters are safe. Ride the waves with the Hero Lake search-and-rescue team! ... Read more

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The new zoo can't open without the help of dump trucks! Join Dispatcher Dave and his crew as they haul asphalt for the parking lot and soil for the monkey playground, using their powerful trucks to make sure children can meet the animals.
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What happens when you're in the driver's seat of a big Tonka truck? In these six adventures, children will learn about all the hard work trucks can do!

Includes: Working Hard with the Mighty Dump Truck, Working Hard with the Mighty Loader, Building the New Road, Highway Trucks, Working Hard with the Mighty Tractor Trailer and Bulldozer, and Working Hard with the Busy Fire Truck. ... Read more

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A deep sea adventure at the car wash created by an award-winning artist with a snappy text written by school librarians, this book lets kids go through the car wash anytime!

Close hatch. Submarine. Going down. Deep. Dark.

Inside the foamy sea of the car wash, giant octopus arms whomp against the windows, creatures hide in seaweed, and tidal waves come crashing. Then, it's Drip, drip. Towel dry. Shiny car. Until the twins somehow manage to get the car dirty all over again! ... Read more

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Lots of fun for car wash enthusiasts
Sandra and Susan Steen have written many children's books together (yup, they're sisters), and "Car Wash" is especially enjoyable. Kiddos who love car washes will get a kick out of the ride here, as the siblings in the back seat pretend that they are deep-sea adventurers. But even kids who are spooked by going through the car wash will enjoy it, too, as it suggests a different attitude and a different approach for their next trip.

G. Brian Karas has done some remarkably imaginative illustrations here, incorporating paint, glass beads, strips of sponge and fabric, and so on to create a textural collage. It's lots of fun, and perfectly complements the manner in which a car wash incorporates all different sounds, smells, and rhythms.

GREAT FOR SMALL CHILDREN--EXCELLENT
What a great adventure---to experience a car wash. This book brings a child out of the car and into another world experiencing an imaginative view of a car wash. With plentiful colors and big illustrations, this book is an excellent choice for young children who cannot read or just beginning to read.

A great book for car wash enthusiasts!
My almost three year old daughter loves going to the car wash and she loves this book. The simple story is about two kids and a parent who take their muddy car through the car wash. As they go through the wash the kids imagine their car is a submarine and they have an underwater adventure. They kids imagine they pass coral reefs, sea monsters, sharks, and a giant octupus. Once the car is clean, the family goes out to lunch and then it's oh no! dirty car all over again. The illustrations are done collage style using fabric, pearls, and buttons. It's a very cute story and an easy read. Whenever I am tired and my daughter is begging for a story I reach for this book. There are very few words on the page so I can sit back, relax, and let her narrate the story for me. We both really enjoy this book.

Great Book for Young Children
This is one of those books you can act out and do sound effects for. The illustrations are very original--they seem to be collages of found objects.

The book is an account of the children's imaginary journey underwater while going through the car wash. Very appealing to preschoolers. Not too many words per page, so it keeps young children interested. My 3-year-old son loves it!

The fanciful tale of a car wash adventure
It's time to take the car to the car wash when the family automobile goes through a huge puddle and gets thoroughly splashed by the muddy water. The car wash is a fascinating place that requires closed windows while traveling through a foamy deluge where giant octopus arms whomp against the windows, creatures hide in seaweed, and tidal waves come crashing. Enchantingly illustrated by G. Brian Karas, Sandra and Susan Steen's fanciful tale of a car wash adventure is highly recommended and entertaining reading for youngsters preschool through first grade. ... Read more

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As hard as she tries, the ugly truckling cannot keep up with her brothers and sisters. She can't pull logs, she can't carry hay, and her three small wheels are no match for their four big, strong ones. She'll never be a good truck. So the ugly truckling runs away from home in search of her own identity -- and finds out that she may not be such an ugly truckling after all.

David Gordon's fresh twist on a familiar tale is as endearing as it is poignant.

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Not for a family that has adopted
I realize this is a spin off the classic The Ugly Duckling but I would think in this day and age it would be played up to respect and recognize that not all family members look alike now. Interracial marriages/families and those families that adopt a child of a different race may want to avoid this book.

The little airplane realizes he doesn't look like his truckling siblings as they peer at him and taunt him for not fitting in or looking like them. He ventures out and meets others asking if he is one of them and still doesn't fit in until he sees more airplanes. Then he feels he has met his family and where he belongs. This book could create confusion and feelings of not belonging to any child that does not look like his/her parents or siblings.

That said, I loved the illustration in this book. Kudos for that but none for the author for not modernizing this story to recognize diversity.

an amazing book
the story is profoundly charming and the paintings are simply breathtaking.
Few kid's books out there have both and I would recommend this one to
any one who's kid loves trucks and airplanes.

Ugly Duckling Revisited
"The Ugly Truckling" is a simplified adaptation of the classic fairy tale, "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen. While the original duckling story offers some suspense, this story will be obvious to all but the very youngest of children.

A small airplane is somehow born to a family of trucks and fails to fit in while the rest of the family performs truck-like activities, like hauling loads. Obviously, we as readers know that the "ugly truckling" isn't a truck, but a plane, as evidenced by the illustrations. All we have to do is watch the plane ask other machinery, like a tractor and windmill, what it is. Finally, the little plane looks up and knows where it belongs when it sees a group of planes flying overhead. It then happily flies away into the sunset. Children with a love for trucks, planes and other machinery will likely adore this simple story that accommodates a toddler's short attention span. Children may also like predicting the story's solution on the first page as they recognize the plane. The illustrations are bright and convey the wide open space of the prairie.

Overall, a sweet and simple story recommended for the toddler and preschool sets. Older children will be bored. ... Read more

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Excellent book for early readers!
My son checked this book out at his school library and liked it so well we are purchasing it! He felt very successful when he was the one reading to us! ... Read more