- ISBN13: 9780307157850
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The Pig family takes a road trip to the beach for a picnic. The road is packed with hundreds of cars and trucks, vans and motorcycles, tractors and buses. The Pigs find chaos and adventure on the way to the beach and the opportunity to see vehicles they have never seen before. It’s an exciting day!Amazon.com Review
Although this book was around when many of today’s parents were youngsters, it has remained a steadfast must-have in every toddler’s library. For starters, it’s a great vocabulary guide that names the many things that go (and some that haven’t a prayer of going, but are great fun to imagine anyway). It’s also teeming with detail-rich scenes and characters on every page, teaching children the rewards of looking long and closely (such as finding the hidden “Goldbug” in each spread). Along the way it entertains with the silly and slapstick–everything from toothpaste and toothbrush cars to six fire department vehicles tha… More >>
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
May 2nd, 2010 at 7:22 am
My daughter loved this book when she was one and two years old. If we still had it, I’m sure that at age 4 she would be begging for me to read it to her daily. I threw it away last year when it was really worn out… I’m talking about she loved this book so much that she drew on every page and then started tearing out the pages and sleeping with them under her pillow.
I give this book two stars because I hate it, and I’m the one who gets stuck reading it to her. I can’t stand the stupid cars that look like a pickle, etc. This is why I hate Richard Scarry books. He didn’t have a lot of great ideas. He just had a great publisher. I remember loving these books when I was a kid, too, but it was really like an addiction. Richard Scarry books are like junk food.
Rating: 2 / 5
May 2nd, 2010 at 9:53 am
This is a really neat concept and my toddler LOVES this book. However, since he (at 23 months) does not understand that there are some things that are just “pretend”, I find it hard to go through this book with him.
As an example, on any given page there might be something as sophisticated as a gas pump (at a gas station) pointed out, or various construction vehicles (like a dump truck, asphalt laying machine, cherry picker, etc.).
But on that very same page, there are imaginary things, such as an “egg car” or “alligator car”, or a hovercraft ferry vehicle (I found it especially confusing that there would be a hovercraft in there, since that’s something that does exist in most people’s imaginations as something that will be invented in the future, but hasn’t been yet, at least not in an incarnation like a FERRY).
That really bothers me because he’s learning about all of these new “things that go”, but at the same time I have to TRY to explain to him that some of the things in the book don’t actually exist. I think he finds that very confusing.
If that doesn’t bother you, you and your kid(s) will most likely love this book! And in spite of my issues with it, my toddler gets this book out SEVERAL times a day. It has tons of pages (which I love) so there is always something interesting to look at. And, it does have MANY actual types of vehicles that your child will enjoy learning the names of (as well as what they do).
Rating: 3 / 5
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:56 am
Received my used copy of Cars & Trucks & Things that Go, by Richard Scarry. Ordered from Goodwill Of CT for a good price-and the book arrived in good time, well packed. It is in better condition than I expected. I would recommend this book-and this seller- to anyone. Thanks Amazon, Goodwill of CT, and especially Richard Scarry! Did not give 5 stars only because the book was not in “New” condition-but I did not expect it to be. All is good!
Rating: 4 / 5
May 2nd, 2010 at 1:16 pm
I recently ordered this book. The first copy I received had a quality issue. The print colors in many of the illustrations were incorrect. For instance, the pigs were green. For another, there were paint cans to help teach children colors and the paint can that was labeled blue was actually printed in red, etc… I returned the book and ordered a new one. The new book had the exact same print color error. I believe Amazon has a complete lot of incorrect books. I have notified them by phone and e-mail. I am waiting to hear back.
Rating: 1 / 5
May 2nd, 2010 at 3:33 pm
This would be a great book except for a color printing error. The pigs change from orangish to green in the book and back again. In addition, one page shows cans of paints tipped over and the color and the labels are incorrect- the blue label is with the pink, etc. I am waiting for a new one from Amazon but I am not convinced the customer service rep understood the issue. Will be disappointed to get another bad copy!
Rating: 1 / 5