Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks from A to Z

by Richard Scarry

Illustrated in full color. This car-and- truck-filled alphabet extravaganza that starts with an ambulance and ends with a zippercar, is shaped like Lowly Worm's applemobile.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Transport, Fiction, Animals, Fantasy, Kids

22 pages, Board book

First published October 3, 1990

About the author

RICHARD SCARRY is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! In his extraordinary career, Scarry illustrated over 150 books, many of which have never been out of print. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world, and are currently published in over twenty languages. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Richard Scarry was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2012.

Reviews

[Maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Richard Scarry books are so weird and I love them.

[Quinn Mai · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love to see what is coming down the road in busytown. The ambulance is my favorite, it says weeyoouu weeeyou weeyouuu

[The Celtic Rebel (Richard) · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loved this book but the love my grandsons have for this book goes way beyond. They love the pictures, the whimsy of some of the vehicles, the humor, and so forth. They can't get enough of it and because it is so small they have been able to carry it around since they first began to walk. You can't beat Richard Scarry and this one is great.

[Tiffani]

My daughter loves having this book read to her! She knows most of it by heart but still loves having it read.

[Kathryn Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is exactly the book that has the charm that I didn’t realize I needed until right now.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars because the pumpkin car wasn’t a pumpkin.

[Angie Grabmeier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spectacular and very educational

[Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

It helps to LOVE cars and trucks, but this book is the perfect size for little hands to carry around and look through. Has some of the classic Richard Scarry vehicles - bananamobile, apple car, zippercar. Jackson loves the street sweeper, mail truck and garbage truck. All boy!

[DivaDiane SM · Rating 5 out of 5]

This little book is well-worn. My son loves it, and he knows all the names of the cars and trucks and who's driving them.

[Thomas and Sarah Gonzalez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sarah 3yo "it's so beautiful and it says silly words!"

[Jaden]

Picture Book

Richard Scarry writes the alphabet in a fun way! He uses different cars and trucks starting with all the different letters of the alphabet.

[Mikah Titus · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a great and cute book. 😊😀 I gave it to my little cousin as a gift when he was probably one or so, I'd say. I don't own the book myself, but I have read the book I gave him. I'd recommend this to anyone looking to get a baby a book.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book for young children! This was a favorite.

[Breyanna Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this book each letter from the alphabet is used to name a type of car. Great for learning new vocabulary!

[Savannah Domeyer]

This book is an ABC book. At each letter, they have different cars or trucks that start with the correct letter. For example A has ambulance and apple car.

[Jon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rowan *seeing the upside down car*: “UH OH!”

Huge hit, this one. A current favorite that everyone loves.

[Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hilarious and quirky apple shaped alphabet book, the perfect size for little hands. 🍎

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the cars are silly, which is fun. Although I definitely saw a truck labeled as a 'car' toward the end. That's going to bug me.

[Evelyn Hernández · Rating 4 out of 5]

We won from the library and it’s the perfect size for babies hands.

[Marlowe Pauderis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bugdozer

[Clara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Richard Scarry is always a win. Tiny board book in my purse. Read with niece.

[Cara Byrne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This bitty book, about the size of an actual apple, goes through the alphabet with food-themed vehicles driving it along. It's a great way to introduce lots of new vocabulary words - not just those relating to cars and trucks. It's also a great size for my eight month old to play with, as it's big enough for her to open and shut the pages and manipulate the entire book with her hands but small enough that she doesn't hurt herself as she inevitably throws it or slams it - or puts it in her mouth.

[CrystalIsReading on StoryGraph]

a simple fun kids' book that is great for keeping small children entertained, whether reading aloud to them the different (silly) kinds of cars, or just for them flipping through themselves. The small sturdy pages are ideal for little hands (and survive little mouths), and the pictures are bright and involving. plus, it's a book I don't mind reading aloud over and over.

[jacky · Rating 3 out of 5]

William got this for Christmas from my mother. While the size is great for him as an infant, the pictures are too small and the content above him. We have looked at it a few times together those for just the experience of looking at books together.

I like the various types of cars using the alphabet. Some are informative while others are silly. The mix of the two is well balanced.

[Margaret Chind · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son is working through the book list from Memoria Press Preschool and this is a brilliant one in the list. He's listening, not reading but this book is ideal for him. The chunky shape, the things that go theme, the loveable Richard Scarry characters from my own childhood. Wonderful.

Bought for our preschool box of books.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks from A to Z
Scarry, Richard
a cute book for young children, for use in preschool and kindergarten to help review the alphabet, and for later years with second language learners.

[Emerson and Theodore · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book purchased for little Theodore. Never too early. A small little book just about the size of a large apple. Filled with such silliness as P is for Pickle Car and Pencil Car. X is for xylophone car! Emerson "read" it to his baby last night.

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this cute little book. I like that there are more than one car for some of the letters. I also like that some of them are real and some of them are made up vehicles.

[Amy Kalvig · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite parts of this book was looking for the Goldbug!!! What fun!

[MM · Rating 5 out of 5]

S has every word of this little book memorized but instead of "reading," she sings it. She sits in her bed and sings it to all her dollys and animals. cute.