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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)
Jenny may be old, but she’s not decrepit and she has a gold button on her dash.
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)
These entries in the Botts saga take him from 1932 to 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
Johnny’s Machines (1949)
A boy and a machine -- classic.
Author(s):
Helen Palmer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
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)
Master tractor salesman Alexander Botts has been discharged from the army and is back in action.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Maybelle the Cable Car (1952)
Author(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Follow the Road (1953)
The road goes ever on.
Author(s):
Alvin Tresselt
Illustrator(s):
Roger Duvoisin
Scuffy the Tugboat (1955)
Scuffy wants to sail on the big waters, until he meets the ocean.
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
My Little Golden Book about Travel (1956)
The story of transportation from the raft to the jet liner.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely