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But why wait until you grow up? If you’ve got The
Ultimate Book of Vehicles From Around the World by
Anne-Sophie Baumann and Didier Balicevic by your side,
you can pretend to drive, dig, or haul right now.
Let’s say you love construction equipment. Big trucks that
haul and dump. Gigantic machines that bust up buildings and
dig holes in the ground. Machines that move dirt, that’s
what you love and you’ll find them all on the first pages of
this book.
Have you ever been on a scissors lift? If you haven’t,
you’ll get an idea of what it’s like by moving the one in
this book. You’ll also see what happens when recycling
trucks and garbage trucks pick up their big loads.
Or maybe you’re a fan of farms. Do you love tractors and
combines? Then you’ll like the ones in this book, because
you’ll see how the insides of some machines work.
Do you and Grandpa share a love of trains? Then you’ll want
to show him what’s here: two big pages of trains complete
with a chance to peek inside to see what they haul. Now
you’ll never have to wonder if there are people or freight
riding in those boxcars!
There are even more big trucks inside this book. You’ll see
ambulances and fire trucks and a fire lift so you can help
save someone’s life. You can look inside a great big freight
ship, a luxury cruise ship, a medium-sized fishing boat, and
a fancy yacht. If you want to be an airplane pilot someday,
then you’ll like seeing the inside of a jumbo jet, a cargo
plane, and a glider. Be sure to spin the helicopter
propeller!
And finally, if your need for speed is out of this world,
check out the last page of this book. It’s going to send you
over the moon!
So you say you’ve got a wheel-wild youngster in the house –
one who can’t get enough of big machines that go? Then
you’re going to want to go find The Ultimate Book of
Vehicles From Around the World.
But giving car- and truck-loving kids cartoon drawings of
motorized equipment isn’t all that authors Anne-Sophie
Baumann and Didier Balicevic offer. On just about every page
of this colorful book, there are tabs to pull and flaps to
lift. Your kids can deliver cargo, roll a cement mixer,
raise a scissor truck, dump garbage, make hay, feed their
neighbors, douse a fire, and captain a ship.
And what three-to-five-year-old wouldn’t love all of the
above? I don’t know, but I do know lots of dads who would
enjoy sharing this book, too. I think The Ultimate Book
of Vehicles From Around the World is one they’ll both
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