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Trucks, tractors and trains hold fascination for children. It is their sheer size? Is it their movement and velocity? Is it the bright colors or the rumbles they make? Whatever the attraction, we celebrate books this month that are ready to rock ‘n’ roll with young readers. For ages 1-5 Look at Me My Photo Book of Big Trucks and Diggers Look at Me My Photo Book of Trains (Chronicle Books, board book, 14 pages, $6.95) Even the tiniest of tots love to look at pictures of things that go. What makes the gimmick of this book series work is the cutout where parents can slip in a picture of their own little one. Then it appears as if baby is riding in the tractor and riding on the train. The text is simple, and is illustrated with a combination of full-color photos and drawings. Snappy Sounds: Vroom! Illustrated by Derek Matthews (Silver Dolphin Publishing, board books, 10 pages, $12.95) Children will head right into cheerfulness alley with this fun book. Not only is it filled with bright, colorful illustrations of a little bear out on the town with his dad in a convertible, it comes complete with vehicle noises: the noisy school bus, the siren of the firetruck, the grind of a truck. Children will love the noises, but after the first few days, maybe the folks will tire of the sounds of a traffic jam in their home. Big Stuff Tractors By Robert Gould (Big Guy Books, board book, 16 pages, $7.95) Kids and boys especially love tractors. And they like ’em big. This book is filled with colorful photos of some huge farm and construction vehicles. The young ones can learn some basic information about what the machines do, as well as count the number of tires and note the colors. For ages 4-8 The Prairie Train Written by Antoine O’Flatharta, illustrated by Eric Rohmann (Dell Dragonfly Books, paperback, 30 pages, $6.99) Trains do more than transport people from place to place. They can help make dreams come true. That is the case of “The Prairie Train,” which transports immigrants from distant lands from Chicago across the Great Plains of the United States to make new homes and lives. Irish playwright Antoine O’Flatharta and Caldecott Medal-winning artist Eric Rohmann have fashioned a beautiful book about a young boy who has just emigrated from Ireland to live with his family in San Francisco. Only problem is that he lost, out the window, the beautiful boat his grandfather carved for him back home. Conor’s sadness is all-consuming until he has a very special dream that puts everything in perspective. |
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