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Things That Go!

Zoom! Vroom! Chugga, Chugga, Choo Choo! Beep! Beep! Beep!

What’s more fun than playing with trucks, trains, boats and planes? Reading about them! Check out these books on all the things that GO.

Visit your nearest Richland Library location for even more book recommendations from our children’s librarians.


A is for Airplane: An Aviation Alphabet by Mary Ann McCabe Riehle
Amazon Says: Did you know that helicopters can fly forward, backward, and side-to-side? Or that the wingspan of a jumbo jet is almost twice as long as the distance of the Wright Brothersâ€...
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Boat Works by Tom Slaughter
Amazon Says: Uses the same signature format and style as the series' previous titles. The question "What boat am I?" and a linked written clue invites kids to lift the first portion of the...
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Choo Choo Clickety-Clack! by Margaret Mayo
This is an action-packed journey through the world of vehicles, featuring trains, planes, racing cars, sailing boats and more.Amazon

I Love Trains! by Philemon Sturges
A follow-up to the successful I Love Trucks!, this rhymed picture book introduces the preschool set to trains and the jobs they do.Amazon

I'm Dirty! by Kate McMullan
Amazon Says: Clank! Rattle! Bang!
Who's making all that noise?
Backhoe Loader, reporting for duty.
Cleaning up a mess? Easy as pie.
Make that a mud pie.RRRRRM! RRRRRM!<...
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I'm Your Bus by Marilyn Singer
Amazon Says: A fun day-in-the-life of a school bus and his road-hugging buddies Get ready for a rip-roaring, rhyming ride that celebrates all things drivin' with a special spotlight on a ...
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Life of a Car by Susan Steggall
Amazon Says: Many things happen in the life of a car: it’s built, sold, driven, washed . . . sometimes it even crashes! In this book, preschoolers see all of these events, and in the end...
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Little Boat by Thomas Docherty
Amazon Says: One brave little boat is on a journey to discover the seven seas. Setting off into the big, wide world, Little Boat runs into treacherous waters, turbulent tides, and seafarin...
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My Car by Byron Barton
My car has wheels.
My car has gas.
The horn goes beep.
Come take a ride.Amazon

Planes Board Book by Byron Barton
Amazon Says: Children explore the many ways we use airplanes, from seaplanes to crop dusters to planes that write messages in the sky. This very simple picture book about transportation 'w...
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Amazon Says: I can pop a wheelie, I can touch the sky, I can pedal backwards, I can really fly! Sally Jean was born to ride. And her bicycle, Flash, is just about her best friend. But one ...
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Subway by Anastasia Suen
Amazon Says: a rush of air a car is there hop, hop, hop on the subway! Come along for the ride as a little girl and her mother hop on the subway.  From spinning turnstiles and mus...
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Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia
Amazon Says: A parade of colorful construction vehicles doing their work means plenty of joyful noise! From the crane that lifts, lifts, lifts to the bulldozer that push-push-pushes, to th...
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What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Prince
Amazon Says: Yeah, what do wheels do all day? Well . . . they push . . . race . . . stroll . . . fly . . . whiz . . . and spin . . . all day long! Simple, direct text, combined with brill...
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Who Is Driving? by Leo Timmers
Amazon Says: Who is driving . . . the fire engine? Elephant! He is driving to the fire station. From fire trucks to convertibles and snails to elephants, here's a book that's full of tod...
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