Book Review: Cars and Truck and Things that Go

This book was a gift for our boy when he was born. I thought he was too young for it, but apparently kids at a very young age appreciate gigantic books. This is one of the biggest we own, so ever since he's been old enough to grab books, this has been a favorite.

Now that he's two, he is even more into it. There is a story in there, if you want to actually read it, about a pig family going on a trip to the beach. They have quite an adventure on the road and they drive through construction, snow, car accidents, an army camp, and more- on the way. You can imagine they see quite a lot of crazy stuff! And the artist in my must note that the colors of all the vehicles was very well done- opposite colors contrasting each other makes it appealing to the eye.

But the real fun with this book is to point out the various vehicles on the road (construction trucks, trains, boats, buses, doughnut cars, pickle cars, bananamobiles and more). Each is labeled with it's name so you can answer the zillion "what's that?" questions the toddler might ask. And you can play the game of "find Goldbug" on each page. And you can watch the bad guy (a dingo) get chased by officer Flossy (a fox).

In conclusion, I can see this book entertaining a 6 month old and a 12 year old. One of the few books that will last several years. And decades. It was published almost 40 years ago!
And I'm not the only one. Find another book on Amazon with 350 reviews and 5 solid stars!! That's pretty rare.