Picture Books: Boats and Planes

An exploratory journey through the airport.

An exhilarating ride through the alphabet at a busy construction site is filled with bulldozers, cranes, dump trucks, forklifts ... and even a roller coaster!

In rhyming text the reader is introduced to all the different kinds of boats floating on rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds.

Bulldozer wants to invite all of his coworkers to a party to celebrate his special day, but to them it's just another day for scooping, sifting, stirring, and more.

Six truck friends travel to the airport to build a new terminal, expanding the airport for both planes and travelers.

When Digger discovers a flower growing in the center of the town being built, his entire perspective changes.

Uses rhyming text to follow different construction vehicles, including bulldozers, diggers, and trucks, as they build a group of houses.

A young boy has his heart set on a brand-new toy fire truck, so he is disappointed when he gets his grandfather's rusty old fire truck, Red, instead. But working together, the boy and his grandfather patch Red right up while Grandpa tells his grandson all about the adventures he had with Red when he was a boy.

Digger, Dump Truck, Cement Mixer, and their friends each do their part to build a community center.

Provides instructions for hosting a dinner party, following proper etiquette, at which one serves an airplane, beginning with the cockpit instruments and ending with the tail section. Includes facts about the various parts and how they function.