The Big Rig Petting Zoo may be over; however, the FDL Children’s Department has lots of great transportation books. When you are in the library, checkout the Non-Fiction Section: 629, Picture Book Section: Go, the Board Book Section, and, don’t forget online books: Hoopla, Libby, Boundless, and Tumblebooks. FDL also has a Storytime in the Box: Transportation.
Here are just a few of the many Big Rig books you can find at FDL:
Nonfiction
Dump Trucks by Aaron Frisch
Fire Trucks by Penny Glover
Humvees by John Hamilton
Big Rig on the Move by Candice Ransom
The Usborne Big Book of Big Trucks by Megan Cullis
GO Section
This Truck by Paul Collicutt
Fire Trucks in Action by Mari Schuh
Monster Bulldozers by Chris Bowman
Concrete Mixers by Ray McClellan
Grandma Drove the Snowplow by Katie Clark
I Stink! By Kate McMullan
Board Books
Trucks by Ruth Musgrave
That’s Not My Truck: It’s Too Squashy by Fiona Watts
Jonny Lambert’s Construction Site by Jonny Lambert
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
by Brianna Caplan Sayers
eBooks
Trucks by Matt Mullins (Hoopla)
Bucket Trucks by Derek Zobel (Hoopla)
Heavy-duty Trucks by Joyce Milton (Boundless)
Police Cars by Amy Mcdonald (Libby)
Buses by Logan Avery (Libby)
Big Truck Little Island by Chris Van Dusen (Tumblebooks)
–Kris Tyler, Youth Services Specialist
