Trucks/Cars/Big Machines Genre
Books in the Trucks/Cars/Big Machines genre:
Botts in War, Botts in Peace: Earthworms Can Take Anything (1944)
This entry in the saga of Alexander Botts, natural born salesman, takes him from 1933 to fighting in World War II.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Jenny, the Bus that Nobody Loved (1944)
Author(s):
Maurice Dolbier
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Little Fire Engine (1946)
Mr. Small is a fireman today.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Scuffy the Tugboat (1946)
The little tugboat wants to sail on the big waters, until he meets the sea.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Taxi that Hurried (1946)
Author(s):
Irma Simonton Black
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Jessie Stanton
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Earthworms through the Ages: The Wisdom of Alexander Botts (1947)
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Joe Krush
Five Little Firemen (1948)
“The finest fire is the fire that’s out,” sing the five little firemen. Later editions have fewer pages.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Little Old Automobile (1948)
Author(s):
Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s):
Marie Hall Ets
The Magic Bus (1948)
Author(s):
Maurice Dolbier
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Happy Man and His Dump Truck (1949)
All the animals want a ride in the happy man’s dump truck Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Hello, Mr. Henderson (1949)
Alexander Botts’ boss, Mr. Henderson has enough troubles of his own keeping Earthworm tractor buyers happy.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Joe Krush
Great Big Fire Engine Book (1950)
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Bulldozer (1951)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edwin Schmidt
The Great Big Car and Truck Book (1951)
Cars and trucks for every use.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
No Rest for Botts: Earthworms Make the World Go Round (1951)
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Maybelle the Cable Car (1952)
Author(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Scuffy the Tugboat (1955)
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
My Little Golden Book about Travel (1956)
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Animal Stories (1957)
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Beth Greiner Hoffman
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Great Wheel (1957)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Big Caesar (1958)
Author(s):
Charlton Ogburn, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
Joe Krush
Cars and Trucks (1959)
A smaller version of The Great Big Car and Truck Book.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Fire Engines (1959)
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Firemen and Fire Engines (1959)
Author(s):
Jane Goldsmith
Illustrator(s):
Ric Estrada
Richard Scarry
The Diggers (1960)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Clement Hurd
The Best of Botts (1961)
Alexander Botts, world’s greatest salesman, sells Caterpillar tractors all over the United States, in France and New Guinea.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Larry Lurin
Davy Goes Places (1961)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Make Way for the Thruway (1961)
The road engineers change the route of the thruway so they don’t go through an old grandmother’s house.
Author(s):
Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
More Mr. Small (1962)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Jean-Claude’s Island (1963)
Author(s):
Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Original Letters of Alexander Botts (1963)
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Tony Sarg
Boats (1967)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Cars (1967)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Read About the Busman (1967)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Read About the Fireman (1967)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (1968)
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Ole Risom
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Motoring Millers (1969)
Relates the life of the Miller girls when their widower father marries Miss Kate and keeps the new 1911 Great Smith polished and rolling about the country.
Author(s):
Alberta Wilson Constant
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Of Dikes and Windmills (1969)
The story of how the Dutch have built a country by pushing back the sea.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Fire-Brigade Willie (1970)
Author(s):
Dorothy Clewes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Richard Scarry’s Going Places (1971)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Crash! Bang! Boom! (1972)
Pictures of sounds.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Richard Scarry’s Hop Aboard! Here We Go! (1972)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Alexander Botts: Great Stories from the Saturday Evening Post (1973)
Adventures of a natural born tractor salesman.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Little Fire Engine (1973)
The little fire engine is condemned to patrol the roads as a higgler’s van when it is replaced by a motorized pumper.
Author(s):
Graham Greene
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Little Steamroller (1974)
The little steamroller foils a gang of smugglers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Graham Greene
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things that Go (1974)
The Pig family heads for the beach on a very busy highway.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Steamroller (1974)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Evaline Ness
Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)
Two brothers decide to build an airplane and it works!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Lowly Worm: Things on Wheels Book (1979)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s First Omnibus (1979)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Bill’s Service Station (1981)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Fire House (1981)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Make Way for the Highway (1982)
Author(s):
Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Lowly Worm Car and Truck Book (1983)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Going Places in the Car (1987)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Things that Go (1987)
Cars and trucks and things that go.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Superpower (1987)
The story of the building of #1070, prototype locomotive of the Berkshire class 2-8-4 by the Lima Locomotive Works.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Trains, Boats and Trucks (1987)
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Tibor Gergely
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Richard Scarry
The Diggers (1988)
The diggers of holes from moles to Mary Ann.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Daniel Kirk
Richard Scarry’s Best Ride Ever (1989)
Look out! Dingo Dog is on the road again!
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Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Cars (1991)
Pictures and words about cars. Can you find Goldbug?
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Busiest Firefighters Ever (1993)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Mr. Fixit Smallest Pop-Up Book Ever! (1993)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Old Ironsides: Americans Build a Fighting Ship (1997)
The story of the building of the American super-frigate U.S.S. Constitution.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Pouring Iron: A Foundry Ghost Story (1998)
Howard prepares a mould for casting at the Old Knight Foundry.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Locomotive: Building an Eight-Wheeler (1999)
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
T-Model Tommy (2000)
Tommy Ballard has his way to make in the Depression, but with the help of his sturdy Model-T, he’s well on his way.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Fabulous Saga of Alexander Botts and the Earthworm Tractor (2001)
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Jenny: The Airplane that Taught America to Fly (2002)
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Model T: How Henry Ford Built a Legend (2002)
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Rider in the Sky: How an American Cowboy Built England’s First Airplane (2003)
Author(s):
John Hulls
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Bulldozer (2004)
Bill Crane has just graduated from high school when he and his friend Ducky Davis discover a Caterpillar D2 in a Maine Pond. Soon Bill has salvaged the machine and started a career as a contractor.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edwin Schmidt
The John Bull: A British Locomotive Comes to America (2004)
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Alexander Botts Rides Again: More Mayhem on the Earthworm Tractor (2005)
A collection of stories about the adventures of Alexander Botts, super salesman of Earthworm tractors.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
A Subway for New York (2005)
How they built the first subway in New York City.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Pharaoh’s Boat (2009)
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
The Diggers (2013)
A poetical look at diggers from moles to Mary Anne.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Antoine Corbineau
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