Hi everybody! We were really sad to have to cancel the Big Rig Petting Zoo again this year due to Covid-19. Since we couldn’t have a big event, we have a surprise for you! We collaborated with the Fon du Lac Park District Police and East Side Community Media (Channel 22), to make a video that highlights the rescue equipment they use, including 4 big vehicles that are always favorites at the FDL Big Rig Petting Zoo. So cool!

We want to send out a huge THANK YOU to Chief Johnson and Sergeant Keil from the Fon du Lac Park District Police and Deral and Susan Dixon and Paul Coussens from East Side Community Media for making this video possible!!

But wait, there’s more Big Rig fun at the library! After you watch the video:

  1. Pick up a Take & Make craft from the Youth Services department or drive-up window.
  2. Enjoy the StoryWalk in the Reading Garden: Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC written by Debora Pearson and illustrated by Edward Miller. In this book, you’ll see pictures of lots of the same vehicles that you would have seen at our real Big Rig Petting Zoo.
  3. Next, take a walk around the Civic Plaza building (Library and City Hall) and check out the Big Rig Scavenger Hunt. We’ve put pictures of the vehicles from previous Big Rig Petting Zoos in the windows. You can pick up the Scavenger Hunt Vehicle List in the Youth Services department or at the drive-up window. (You will need to get out of your car to walk around the building.) Return your completed Scavenger Hunt List to the Youth Services department or drive-up window for a prize.

While you’re in the Youth Services department check out some of the great Big Rig books, in the Nonfiction Section, Board Books, and the GO Section in the Picture Books. Don’t forget online resources like Libby, Axis 360, and Hoopla. You can also browse our catalog, put books on hold, and pick them in person or at the drive-up window.

Here are just a few of the many books Big Rig books you can find at FDL:

Nonfiction

Fire Trucks: Racing to the Scene by Molly Aloian

The Usborne Big Book of Big Trucks by Megan Cullis

Humvees by John Hamilton

Trucks: The Ins and Outs of Monster Trucks, Semis, Pickups, and Other Trucks by Jeff Young

Tractor Trailers by Lola Schaefer

GO Section

Five Trucks by Brian Floca

Dump Trucks by Judith Jango-Cohen

Trucks Galore by Peter Stein

Grandma Drove the Snowplow by Katie Clark

I Stink! By Kate McMullan

Board Books

Construction Zoo by Jennifer Thorne

Busy Builders, Busy Week! By Jean Reidy

B is for Bulldozer by June Sobel

Colorful World: Construction Site by Nastja Holtfreter

Colorful World: Vehicles by Nastja Holtfreter

eBooks

Police Cars Machines with Power! by Amy McDonald (Libby)

Heavy-Duty Trucks by Joyce Milton (Axis 360)

Snowplows by Rebecca Pettiford (Hoopla)

Coast Guard Boats by B. J. Best (Hoopla)

– Kris, Youth Services Specialist