Happy Adventuring: The Very Best Truck Books for Fun Kids

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Do your kiddos love trucks? Construction? Heavy equipment? Anything with wheels that moves? Mine does. I think we have checked out every book about trucks that the library owns. Probably at least twice. I have learned enough about trucks in the past four years to constitute an honorary college degree in truck-ology. Honestly, some days I would pay my kid actual money if we could read a book about something other than trucks. Well, here's a list of some of our favorite truck titles.

(click the book cover or title for details on each book)

Everything Goes On Land
by Brian Biggs
Similar to a Where's Waldo? in that it has really busy pictures with lots of fun details. Brian Biggs also has an Everything Goes for air and water. 

Little Blue Truck Board Book
Very sweet rhyming text that teaches a lesson on kindness and helping friends. There are several other fun Little Blue Truck titles. 

Demolition
Sally Sutton has several books (Roadwork, Construction) that share Demolition's catchy text that will stick in your head for days. At our house we set all sorts of things to this bouncy, happy beat. Read them to see what I mean- they're really fun.

Good Night Construction Site
Love this book. Buy it immediately.

Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
Richard Scarry is one of our very favorite authors. While I don't often love the text of his books, his pictures keep my preschooler occupied FOR-EV-ER.

ABC Drive
ABCDrive is an older book with a simple ABC theme. Very fun.

Tip Tip Dig Dig
Honestly, I don't love reading Emma Garcia's books aloud - she also has Tap Tap Bang Bang and Toot Toot Beep Beep - because the rhythm sort of bugs me. But the pictures are super bright and goofy, and the subject material is a winner.

Dig Dig Digging
This one is nice because it ends with the trucks going to sleep. Turn off your motors and goodnight!

Job Site
Another one with sort of weird words,  but a very cool view of visiting a job site. 

Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street
This one is sort of new to us. It has a fun, wide variety of trucks with the added bonus of a counting theme.

Big Book of Transportation
Any of the DK books are always awesome, especially for kiddos who are content to sit on their own and look at pictures. This is a very text heavy book, and we never read everything on the page, because I already know WAAAAY more about trucks than I ever wanted to, but the pictures are very cool. :)

Heavy Equipment: Up Close
Close up pictures of heavy equipment. Also lots of text. 

My Race Car
If your kiddo is a Lightning McQueen fan, this is a must read. 

Mighty Dads
Truck dads teaching their truck kids. Very sweet. This is by the author of the Pete the Cat books, which if you haven't read, you should check out, because they're hilarious.

My Big Truck Book
Roger Priddy has written a ton of super bright, high contrast beginner books. This is meant for the very young reader, as it's just a picture with a label, although my preschooler still loves it. I love the clean lay out of his books.

Big Rig Bugs
Trucks that are bugs. Brilliant.

B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC
A fun ABC book that walks you through the building of an amusement park.

Machines at Work Board Book
I love Byron Barton's bold pictures, simple text, and high interest topics. Check out his other titles on trains, planes, dinosaurs and more.

The Truck Book
One of our all time favorites. So fun.

On the Go
I love Ann Morris' books because they present a really great multicultural world view. This one is not just about trucks, but about other ways that people get around, such as camels, rickshaws, and trolleys. Morris has books on bread, families, tools, homes, and other really awesome nonfiction topics. Check them out.

Lift-the-Flap Tab: On the Go
You guys! I didn't even know this existed, but found it while I was googling the Ann Morris title above. I don't know what it's like inside, but the fact that it's a Roger Priddy with flaps seems like it's got to be a winner.

Tonka: Working Hard With The Mighty Dump Truck
If I have to read these Tonka books one more time I might scream. But! My kids LOVES them. So...what can you do? We have found the dump truck, front loader, and fire truck all at St Vinnie's for $0.50 each. They are older, but fantastic read alouds for young truck lovers.

Here's a fun link to some truck books that have craft ideas to go along with them.

Speaking of St Vinnie's: do you guys shop there? It is my favorite store. I have enjoyed scouring thrift stores and garage sales since I was in middle school, and have worked for years to perfect a system of thrifty shopping that is really successful for my family. Next week I'll be posting about how to find the best deals at thrift stores. Hopefully you'll check it out and find some handy tips. 

Please let me know in the comments of your favorites! I would LOVE some new reading material! :)

Happy Adventuring (and reading!)

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