Cars, Trucks and Things That Go

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A really fab book!! - Rated
My 2.75 year old son just loves this book. As well as the funny stories and excellent pictures, Richard Scarry has added the extra excitement of 'Goldbug' who is hiding on the pages in various places. Given everything is so silly, the educational factor is brilliant. Keep them coming, we'll never stop using this book!!!

All kids love this book - Rated
Quite simply this is the best kids book ever. I grew up loving it and now my son loves it. At our recent party we took a smashing picture of my wife sat in an armchair, with 4 kids, all under 3, sat around her, with this book open in front of them. She is smiling at the camera, the four kids can't take their eyes off the book.

The story revolves around the family day out, but it is incidental to the real joy of this book, which is the pictures of all different cars and trucks. The illustrations are a real joy and there is so much going on on each page, that every time you read the book you find more.

What all the kids love though, is looking for Gold bug. He is hidden somewhere on every page, and is sometimes fiendishly difficult to find.

Classic Children's Book! - Rated
This book is one of the most riveting reads a child could ever have. I grew up on it, as does my son now! They will read and read this for a long time...educational without being a drag, fun and with fantastic and engaging drawings this book is a must have for boys and even girls.

Fantastic Book! - Rated
We've had this book for 2 days now and my 3yr old son cannot put it down! With drawings of real 'things that go' and some not so real, such as 'cheese car', 'propeller car' and 'corn on the cob car'! This is my sons third Richard Scarry book and I will be getting him a couple more for Christmas.
The book is extremely detailed and each character and car is very different from the next. Every time you look at this book you will see something different. The only downside is that my son likes reading it at bedtime, but stares at the pages for ages as they are so detailed, so bedtime is now an hour longer! It truly is a great book, and certainly fires up the imagination!

A classic - but beware - Rated
I loved this book when I was a kid, so I bought it for my daughter, who's just learning to read and appreciate a good story. So I was amazed when I got to the end and discovered the last page of the story is missing, and has been replaced by an 'other books by this author' page.

I was incensed. they wouldn't miss out the last page of a thriller, would they? So why do they think they can miss out the end of a book like this? I'm trying to get my little girl to appreciate books - and it's a bit difficult when they're apparently not appreciated by the very people that publish them.

Very disappointing.