Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC by Debra Pearson

So this one is a little older (2003) but it was on the shelf next to the new books at one of the libraries I stopped at last night and I knew Adam would love it. He does! But what is there for a boy NOT to love....vehicles from A to Z! Each letter is shown as both upper and lower case, which I love, and has a vehicle of some sort to go with it. The sentence(s) that follow explain the "job" of that vehicle.
"Gg is for Garbage Truck that growls along the road. It's on the prowl for stinky trash to squish, crunch, gr-r-r-r-rind"
This is a great book for learning the letters as well as learning different vehicles on the road.

Text: 4 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations:4 Buckeye leaves
Endpages: 5 Buckeye leaves - AWESOME!!! Some of my favorite of all time....upper and lower case letters, road signs, bright colors, etc

Otto The Boy Who Loved Cars

Otto (and yes, it took me a minute for it to sink it) loves CARS!! He lives cars. He sleeps cars, in his car shaped bed of course! But one day Otto's love for cars goes a little too far. Otto wakes up and is feeling a little strange. He soon realizes he has turned into a....CAR!!! After a day "as a car" Otto starts to wonder if maybe he is too obsessed with cars. A very cute book which car loving kids will especially find appealing. We have one big car loving boy at our house that loves it!


Text: 4 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations: 4 Buckeye leaves

Cars Galore by Peter Stein

Black car, green car,
nice car, mean car.
Near car, far car,
Whoa! Bizarre car!

And so a new adventure in fun and rhyme begins. There was no doubt when I saw this book at the library, we would need to take it home!! All kinds of cars, all shapes, all sizes, all colors and described in this rhyming, fun text will make any child laugh. Every time you read it, and yes, we have read it QUITE a few times already, you see something new in the illustrations. Soon to be a library favorite, it already is a favorite at our house!!

Story: 5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations: 5 Buckeye leaves (Great endpages too!)

Vroom! Vroom!!

So when you have an almost 3 year old boy....anything with WHEELS rules!!! And really to find books that are not covered in PINK, princess crowns, and glitter are rare anymore!! Two of Adams favorite books right now are Hot Rod Hamster and Mini Racer. We bought Hot Rod some time ago but the Mini Racer book just came out and he loves to examine the pictures very, very closely after we read it. Both books contain FUN language that could be used for a variety of ages, for a variety of purposes.



Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord
Hamster needs a car, one that will "burn rubber"! Of course a racing hamster is at a disadvantage but Hot Rod is prepared for the big race. Fun, colorful illustrations compliment the fun words in the book.
Story: 5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations: 5 Buckeye leaves



Mini Racer by Kristy Dempsey
Turn to end pages, and right away you are emerged in to the "wheeled" fun. Dog, seal, rabbit, mouse, gorilla, etc are all competing in the big race and each has a specially designed car. Zooming, screeching, swerving, sliding, fun for the twelve little racers and the reader.

Story: 5 Buckeye leaves
Illustrations: 5 Buckeye leaves (and the 3 year old loves them too!! He will sit and study them!)