Trucks/Cars/Big Machines Genre
Books in the Trucks/Cars/Big Machines genre:
Richard Scarry’s Going Places (1971)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Crash! Bang! Boom! (1972)
Pictures of sounds.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Antoine Corbineau
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