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Seymour Simon's Book of Trucks

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I too am a children's librarian. I am a big fan of Seymour Simon's books - he always presents interesting information, clear prose, and beautiful pictures. His truck book, however, seems to suffer from the use of file photos as illustrations instead of any pictures taken just for the book. A few of his photos are not sufficiently illustrative of his text - like his photo of a tractor shows only half of a tractor in dim light. Still, there are plenty of young truck fans out there, and you could do lots worse than this concise book.

Many types of trucks are pictured in the artistic photographs. Their functions are described in a bold font, which is easy to read. Young students will like the variety and the realism, which may feed their imagination, as they role play. This book is sure to be a favorite among truck lovers.

When my son was a toddler, he LOVED trucks. We read numerous books about trucks. We read realistic ones, fictional ones. We read I Stink!
We read I'm Dirty! Those were both great books for little children about trucks, too.

But of all the many books we read about trucks, this one was our favorite. My son loved the realistic photographs and the detailed information he was able to learn through this book. Our librarian suggested it and she was right. It was just right for a little truck lover!

This book is about all kinds of big earth rumbling trucks. It shows them and there jobs. On each page there is a different truck. Each truck has its own important job that it does.

This book is about all kinds of big earth rumbling trucks. It showes them and there jobs. On each page thier is a different truck. Each truck has its own important job that it does.

Many types of trucks are pictured in the artistic photographs. Their functions are described in a bold font, which is easy to read. Young students will like the variety and the realism, which may feed their imagination, as they role play. This book is sure to be a favorite among truck lovers.

The story I read about was about trucks. I practically love trucks myself, their one of my favorite vehicles besides old hotrods...
This story had all kinds of trucks which do different jobs such as the logging truck, it carries logs to places. I liked the big monster truck...
Trucks come in different sizes and shapes. They can do all kinds of jobs including farm work, help carry building materials, deliver mail for the postal service, and fire fighters use trucks to put out fires.
This book was as good book but it left out a truck, a pickup truck. This truck book was a good book other than the pickup truck they left out.

This book is about all kinds of big earth rumbling trucks. It showes them and thier jobs. On each page thier is a diffrent truck. Each truck has its own important job that it does.