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The Truck Book
Climb behind the wheel of over 50 different types of trucks, from dump trucks and fire trucks to tanker trucks and ice cream trucks! Full of colorful and detailed illustrations and loads of interesting facts, The Truck Book is a must-have for all vehicle fans.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
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June 30, 2021
Excellent detailed pictures! My four year old boys can look at the pictures for a long time
February 4, 2019
A little dated (published in 1979) and rather liberal in what it considers "trucks" this is a great book for truck lovers, young and old, with now retro looking illustrations and some trucks with some very interesting jobs that I learned about for the first time. Go Trucks!
July 1, 2024
Our version, published by Jellybean Books (Random House) is just called "Trucks" but it is definitely this book (with these illustrations) rather than the other Harry McNaught book called "Trucks", so reviewing here!
Precise colour illustrations (pencil drawn?) of trucks, with interesting text that is not too dense for a toddler but also taught me some things!
Precise colour illustrations (pencil drawn?) of trucks, with interesting text that is not too dense for a toddler but also taught me some things!
January 21, 2018
Nice little book showcasing various types of trucks and how they help out in the world accompanied by detailed illustrations. Part of the Rand McNally Pictureback series.
Look Inside This Book Here:
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Look Inside This Book Here:
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November 6, 2018
A great review of all the trucks and big vehicles (buses, firetrucks. . .) that exist. There is a brief history of vehicles prior to modern trucks in the book. A great read full of pictures for "little" truck obsessed resaders!
May 3, 2020
Features a nice variety of trucks throughout history. All the regular ones you’d expect to see plus some less common trucks (milk bottle shaped truck, hot dog truck, etc). Great for any little ones who can’t get enough of trucks.
August 8, 2024
This is a really sweet book. I totally enjoyed reading it.
My husband buys books for children. I get the pleasure of reading the books first before they go to the child or children that they were purchased for.
I loved all the illustrations and the explanation of what each truck does.
My husband buys books for children. I get the pleasure of reading the books first before they go to the child or children that they were purchased for.
I loved all the illustrations and the explanation of what each truck does.
April 21, 2019
Grade: K-1st
Genre: Informational
This book is a good book to use for kids who are interested in trucks and teaches them all the different kinds!
Genre: Informational
This book is a good book to use for kids who are interested in trucks and teaches them all the different kinds!
July 24, 2019
Grandson loved it.
Great pictures and grandson loved it. He loves all trucks and heavy equipment. He is three and a half. Kept his attention.
Great pictures and grandson loved it. He loves all trucks and heavy equipment. He is three and a half. Kept his attention.
March 30, 2020
Good pictures, but low resolution
My son really enjoyed all the detailed pictures, but when viewed full screen they were very blurry. Still kept his attention though.
My son really enjoyed all the detailed pictures, but when viewed full screen they were very blurry. Still kept his attention though.
May 29, 2020
My 5 year old grandson, who wants to drive every vehicle he sees, enjoyed this book
October 27, 2020
A pretty interesting book about trucks. Mostly illustrations. Simple and educational.
October 27, 2021
Elliot loves trucks, so this book about all sorts of trucks (bought at a used book sale in Estes Park, CO) has been a hit!
April 4, 2023
Informative book if your kid likes trucks. Very realistic images.
October 12, 2023
My kid loved it and the illustrations but oh man if you're not super into trucks this drags on.
February 8, 2024
The book is fine but I don’t like trucks. The 2 year old I watch does and if I have to read this book again (think I’m at time #47) I’ll jump off a bridge
February 18, 2024
Informative
May 15, 2024
AR 3.5
June 1, 2026
The classic truck book.
September 16, 2025
This is a simplified history of trucks, many different kinds of trucks and their uses. A few mentioned are: milk trucks, dump trucks, sanitation trucks, log loaders, refrigerated trucks, buses. Very interesting and nicely illustrated.
November 12, 2013
Harry McNaught, The Truck Book (Random House, 1978)
I had initially thought, when we picked this one up at a garage sale, it might be a little too advanced for the bean, my construction-equipment-obsessed two-year-old. And he did have a few problems with attention span the first few times we attempted to get through it, but a week later and he was sitting through the whole thing, and within two weeks it had become a fixture during storytime. We read it probably five nights out of seven. He's enchanted with the illustrations—not only the old-time trucks on the first page, which is to be expected, but for example the spread about building new roads. We have to go through the picture truck by truck identifying each one before I can get round to reading the text. (One of the book's drawbacks—the camper page does not have everything identified, making this exercise a touch difficult. I flub my way through by making up names for some of the unidentified campers that I haven't actually seen on a road in a quarter-century or so.) That parenthetical contains another thing you may find a drawback or not, depending on your perspective. The book was originally published in 1978, and unless we stumbled on a first printing that isn't noted, it hasn't been updated since, so a few of the trucks presented here are archaic, and a few of them may have been concept vehicles at the time that were never put into production. That said, some of the ones I've never seen are actually really cool. (There's a tractor trailer like thing that can't actually be a tractor trailer, because the trailer part comprises the whole vehicle, with the tractor mounted on the underside of the trailer. Looks very cramped, but otherwise pretty awesome.) Personally, I don't see that as a problem. Then again, I was ten years old in 1978, so none of this strikes me as “ancient history”. Younger parents may disagree, but I'm just speculating there. One way or the other, if your kid is one of those who thinks trucks are the cat's pyjamas, this one is bound to be a winner. *** ½
I had initially thought, when we picked this one up at a garage sale, it might be a little too advanced for the bean, my construction-equipment-obsessed two-year-old. And he did have a few problems with attention span the first few times we attempted to get through it, but a week later and he was sitting through the whole thing, and within two weeks it had become a fixture during storytime. We read it probably five nights out of seven. He's enchanted with the illustrations—not only the old-time trucks on the first page, which is to be expected, but for example the spread about building new roads. We have to go through the picture truck by truck identifying each one before I can get round to reading the text. (One of the book's drawbacks—the camper page does not have everything identified, making this exercise a touch difficult. I flub my way through by making up names for some of the unidentified campers that I haven't actually seen on a road in a quarter-century or so.) That parenthetical contains another thing you may find a drawback or not, depending on your perspective. The book was originally published in 1978, and unless we stumbled on a first printing that isn't noted, it hasn't been updated since, so a few of the trucks presented here are archaic, and a few of them may have been concept vehicles at the time that were never put into production. That said, some of the ones I've never seen are actually really cool. (There's a tractor trailer like thing that can't actually be a tractor trailer, because the trailer part comprises the whole vehicle, with the tractor mounted on the underside of the trailer. Looks very cramped, but otherwise pretty awesome.) Personally, I don't see that as a problem. Then again, I was ten years old in 1978, so none of this strikes me as “ancient history”. Younger parents may disagree, but I'm just speculating there. One way or the other, if your kid is one of those who thinks trucks are the cat's pyjamas, this one is bound to be a winner. *** ½
August 3, 2016
This was a neat book FULL of various trucks. Some smaller illustrations other trucks are the full page. But each illustration has what each vehicle is actually called. So you and your child can look at them all and talk about each of them.
April 19, 2012
I really liked this one because it had a few trucks that I hadn't seen in the recent truck books I've been reading.
May 9, 2011
A nice book with lots of pictures of different kinds of trucks and explanations of what they do. My son loved it, even though he already knew what all the trucks do.
June 16, 2012
From the Inside Flap
Illus. in full color. "Stretches the definition of 'truck' to include buses, campers, and fire engines, all meticulously illustrated."--School Library Journal.
Illus. in full color. "Stretches the definition of 'truck' to include buses, campers, and fire engines, all meticulously illustrated."--School Library Journal.
February 24, 2014
My oldest son loves this book. We are on our second copy.
January 29, 2015
A nice solid entry in the truck picture book genre, with the benefit of not being unbearable to read aloud. Pictures are reasonably accurate and a good variety of trucks are covered.
December 19, 2016
I like that it gives specific names for types of trucks, not just general 'construction truck'
May 18, 2016
A great little boys book all about trucks. Good pictures with nice descriptions. Everything a truck book should be
May 17, 2008
All kinds of info about all kinds of trucks.
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