Customer Reviews

Busy Truck (Usborne Play Books)

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I think it's a shame no one has reviewed this great book so far, so here goes:
We borrowed this book from the library and my son couldn't have enough of it so I bought it on Amazon. He simply loves books and trucks and this is one of his favorites. I have to animate it a little for him as I read (like, we pretend we open the door and put the balloons in, he makes the truck go and so on...) and he wants us to read it over and over again. He needs my help to fit the truck puzzle piece on every page but since he believes he does it all by himself it thrills him to make the truck stop and go at each shop and at his house with all the goodies displayed (truck puzzle flips over on last page) in the end :)!

This is a great beginning puzzle for small children. It's a one piece puzzle that can be moved from page to page and then the last page they have to try to fit it and figure out that they have to turn the puzzle around to fit the puzzle in. It's beautifully illustrated, colorful. A great book to read to them and has something for their hands to do. Very cute and educational for small children. Great buy.

Perhaps our 15-month old is too young for this book, but it just doesn't quite work for him. Though he loves books that are interactive, the fact that the ribbon that holds the single moving part (the cardboard truck you move from page to page and place in the proper outline) is too short - it frustrated him to the point that we ended up snipping the ribbon with a few days of getting the book. He can still use and and occasionally will ask us to read it to him, but it just doesn't hold his interest very well. The narrative is dull and the illustrations are not very engaging. I really wanted to like this book, but it just doesn't work for us.