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Trucks/Cars/Big Machines Genre
Books in the Trucks/Cars/Big Machines genre:
Make Way for the Highway (1982)
The road engineers change the route of the highway to avoid taking down an old grandmother’s house.
Author(s):
Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Windmills, Bridges, & Old Machines (1982)
An exploration of the history of engineering in the public landscape.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Lowly Worm Car and Truck Book (1983)
Lowly has his own car and truck book now.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Lois Lenski’s Big, Big Book of Mr. Small (1985)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Going Places in the Car (1987)
A board book with pictures of cars and trips.
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 All About Cars (1989)
Pictures of all sorts of cars.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Best Ride Ever (1989)
Look out! Dingo Dog is on the road again!
Read online at archive.org.
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
Thrashin’ Time: Harvest Days in the Dakotas (1991)
Peter gets to help when the steam thrasher comes to his father’s farm.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Richard Scarry’s Busiest Firefighters Ever (1993)
The Firepigs of Busytown are kept busy, even when there are no fires.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Mr. Fixit Smallest Pop-Up Book Ever! (1993)
The ingenious Mr. Fix-It gets in trouble again.
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)
The construction of a 4-4-0 from draftsman to delivery.
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)
Further adventures of the tractor salesman extraordinaire.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown