Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Nonfiction >> Transportation - Cars & Trucks

Americans have always loved their cars -- and at no other time in automotive history were they more appreciated and enjoyed than during the postwar 1950s. People clamored for new cars, and auto manufacturers obliged with designs that conveyed power and "Jet-Age" styling.
Illustrator Bruce LaFontaine portrays the exciting cars of this period in a collection spotlighting the sleek 1950 Mercury two-door sedan; a luxurious 1952 Cadillac four-door sedan; a 1953 Buick Skylark convertible with chrome wire wheels; and the rocket-nosed 1954 Studebaker Starliner two-door coupe; as well as the...

If you're fascinated by cars and trucks, you'll really enjoy the puzzles in this follow-the-dot book
Just connect the numbered dots in each large, full-page illustration to draw simple models of a dump truck, fire engine, ambulance, cement mixer, race car, dune buggy, school bus, convertible, police car, jeep, moving van, taxi, SUV, and 17 other cars and trucks.
Pictures of children and animals are included in most of these entertaining illustrations which, when completed, will give you a highway full of motorized vehicles. And when you finish each picture, you can have even more...

I am a fire engine.
I have an engine to pump water.

The ladder truck reaches high in the sky, the rescue truck carries special tools, and the fire boat fights fires along the shore Little firefighters will love learning the names of their favorite vehicles and seeing them in action

A book and toy in one

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Whether racing over ramps, plowing through mud, or crushing cars, monster trucks are the biggest and baddest trucks out there The bestselling and award-winning team that brought you Choppers and Motorcycles , author Susan E. Goodman and photographer Michael J. Doolittle, show readers how these beasts came to be, how they work, how they get ready for a show, and some of the exciting tricks that only monster trucks can do. This...

Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics, and are for children who are ready to read on their own.

Sixteen boisterous, rhyming poems -- each one highlighting the job and personality of a different vehicle, from a backhoe to an ambulance to a snowplow -- invite young children to meet their favorite trucks face-to-face. Cheerful illustrations show each one in action, digging (or dozing, or dumping) away. Engaging visual details like an anxious turtle crossing the street just ahead of a steamroller are sure to keep preschoolers poring over...