As the sun sets, the hardworking construction vehicles at a building site finish their daily jobs and prepare for bed. The crane truck, cement mixer, dump truck, bulldozer, and excavator each complete their nighttime routines before settling down to sleep. Written in gentle rhyming text and accompanied by colorful illustrations, this story introduces young children to construction vehicles whil…
Discusses the various parts of a truck, how trucks are loaded, and the life of long-haul truckers, and describes such specialized vehicles as tanker trucks, dump trucks, and fire trucks.
Vivid paintings by Shari Halpern and light verse by Philemon Sturges take readers through the roaring world of rumbling trucks and reveal each truck's special job.
Byron Barton introduces young readers to the fun of trucks in this bold and colorful board book. With simple text and vibrant illustrations, readers will learn about a variety of trucks, including tow trucks, cement trucks, and delivery trucks. Trucks Board Book "will delight the youngest, and have enough meat for older preschoolers and beginning readers" (Kirkus Reviews).
Invites young truck fans to lift the flaps to uncover truck parts and tools, while explaining how to change the tire, fill the gas tank, open the hood, and lift the tailgate.
A parade of colorful construction vehicles doing their work means plenty of joyful noise! From the crane that lifts, lifts, lifts to the bulldozer that push, push-pushes, to the steamroller that rolls, rolls, rolls, every machine here makes it own special sound. And the surprise ending, when the great big mess on page one becomes a wonderful playground, is sure to leave kids pleased!
"Diggers are good at dig, dig, digging, scooping up the earth and lifting and tipping. They make huge holes with their dig, dig, digging. They can work all day." Trucks and tractors, fire engines and helicopters-they all like to work hard. But after a long, happy day of beep-beeping and vroom-vrooming, even the busiest engines need to rest. This bright, bouncy, noise-filled book brings to…