Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go

The delight in this is the illustrations. The everyday vehicles, interspersed with the aligator car, the hot dog car and other far fetched vehicles. As a story it's thin, a family of pigs that a picnic and this is mostly the view of things they see on the way there and back. However that is to miss its charm. It is fabulous. I can remember this being bought for my baby brother, in fact there is, saved for posterity, a tape of my Dad reading it to my baby brother and sparky smartarse big sister can't resist chiming in.
I bought this for a vehicle mad toddler and I can only hope that he enjoys it every much as much as my brother did. I will admit to a sneaky read before sending it. My husband did wonder if the illustrations had been show more updated since it was first published, I can only express huge relief that this was not the case. show less

There's a lot of dang cars and trucks in this. I like how the story literally moves along the road, I like the art, I like all the little side quests that happen. My only complaint is that there's so much happening on the road it's almost impossible to actually reach the end of the main story, but my kid is not even two yet and presumably his attention span is increasing every day.

I really enjoyed reading this selection because it can be used for any age group. I read it to my preschoolers and they loved it, the toddler teacher read it to her toddlers and they loved it just as much! The book itself is very informative and allows the children to connect the book with their real life experiences and objects.

On their way to the beach for a picnic, Ma, Pa, Pickles, and Penny Pig get to see just about every kind of real transportation vehicle every made, plus funny pretend cars like a pickle-shaped truck, an alligator-shaped car, a bananamobile, a cheese car, a doughnut car, a wolfwagon, a toothbrush car, a hot dog car, and a mustard tube car. As they journey, they witness super messy crashes, a crazy dog driver wearing a cowboy hat named Dingo being chased by Officer Flossy, and a lot of silly situations. Don’t forget to try to find Goldbug on every page! This is a humorous and engaging book...children can spend hours poring over the detail-rich pages.

The Italian language version (Tutto Ruote) has been popular with our grandchildren for years, so we were happy to pick up an English version of this classic. I looked at the publishing history -- it was already wildly popular, in its tenth printing, when the children's mother was a toddler. Not great literature, but you can't go wrong giving this book to children.

I simply loved this book. Wonderful drawings, a nice little story to guide the viewing of the pages and to hint on what's going on. I admire the factvthat there's lots to see, learn and read for children of several ages and levels. Marvellously done!

I hope this book will be the start of a collection with the little boy who gets it for his birthday.

I really, absolutely couldn't resist reading it before wrapping it. Brought back lots of good memories.

Liam adores this - Goldbug is the first word he says in the morning, and his last at night. The Pig family travel down the road on their way to a picnic, encountering a hilarious set of vehicles and events along the way. As you'd expect, every page is chock full of imaginative details to notice, and friendly little goldbug is peeking out just waiting to be found.