Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go

A fun book that the kids love to look at over and over. Lots of silliness. However, I was hoping to learn some actual names of vehicles... you know, so I'd be prepared as my son grew... but I don't think there are really pickle-mobiles running around out there! If you are interested in books for

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small children focused on cars and trucks that actually exist, this is not the book for you!

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My cousin gave a copy of this book to my first born, & we've had to buy a new copy each time a new child came along because every copy was worn out! Even very wiggly children will study this delightfull book over and over.

We spent hours looking for Gold Bug in this one. My son liked the story, but mostly he loved looking at all the pictures.

I adored these books when I was a child, and I think I learned a fair amount from them as well. Reading, I mean.

Liam adores this - Goldbug is the first word he says in the morning, and his last at night. The Pig family travel down the road on their way to a picnic, encountering a hilarious set of vehicles and events along the way. As you'd expect, every page is chock full of imaginative details to notice,

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and friendly little goldbug is peeking out just waiting to be found.

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Lots of moving things in this book and a story to boot: The pig family has an adventure. Like all Richard Scarry books, this one is another timeless classic.

I love Richard Scarry books. I could read them still. I did a lot of babysitting and these were my go to books to make kids happy.

There's a lot of dang cars and trucks in this. I like how the story literally moves along the road, I like the art, I like all the little side quests that happen. My only complaint is that there's so much happening on the road it's almost impossible to actually reach the end of the main story, but

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my kid is not even two yet and presumably his attention span is increasing every day.

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The delight in this is the illustrations. The everyday vehicles, interspersed with the aligator car, the hot dog car and other far fetched vehicles. As a story it's thin, a family of pigs that a picnic and this is mostly the view of things they see on the way there and back. However that is to miss

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its charm. It is fabulous. I can remember this being bought for my baby brother, in fact there is, saved for posterity, a tape of my Dad reading it to my baby brother and sparky smartarse big sister can't resist chiming in.
I bought this for a vehicle mad toddler and I can only hope that he enjoys it every much as much as my brother did. I will admit to a sneaky read before sending it. My husband did wonder if the illustrations had been updated since it was first published, I can only express huge relief that this was not the case.

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