Deschutes Public Library

When too many barnyard friends climb in to go to town, Chuck's truck breaks down, but Handyman Hugh knows just what to do.

Matthew has many adventures with his toy truck.

When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

Katy, a red crawler tractor, belonged to the Highway Department of the city of Geopolis. She was not used in winter --until a huge snow storm snowed in the whole city. Then Katy plowed out everyone.

Big Truck and Little Truck work together on Farley's Farm, until the day that Big Truck is towed away for repairs and Little Truck must haul produce to the city all by himself.

Shows a typical day for a group of working trucks: a loader, a dump truck, a digger, a bulldozer, a cement mixer, a tow truck, a crane, and a roller.

Follows the journey of a truck from loading to unloading.

Rhyming text and illustrations present a variety of vehicles and their functions, including moving van, police car, and crawler crane.

A happy little dump truck, driven by Hard Hat Pete, hauls stones, rocks, and debris from a construction site to a landfill.

Insects resemble heavy equipment as they clean up some litter.

After bringing dinner to some of his farm animal friends, Dumpy helps Mama Goat search the farm for her missing baby.

Five different trucks do five different jobs to get an airplane ready for takeoff.

Millions of years ago, the prehistoric ancestors of today's trucks, such as garbageadon, dozeratops, and craneosaurus, roamed the Earth until they rusted out and became extinct.

Describes how various earthmoving trucks clean up a dump and make a playground, discussing what such machines as diggers, mixers, bulldozers, and cranes can do.

Three little rigs look for help when the big, bad wrecking ball comes to destroy their garages.

After a hard-working little black truck breaks down and is towed away, it is repaired and given a second life.

While a little boy plays with his toy trucks, he imagines driving various real trucks, such as a fire engine, a farm pickup, and an ice cream wagon.

When a school bus gets stuck in the mud, Red Truck the tow truck saves the day by pulling it out.

A young boy imagines himself to be different types of trucks as he plays in the sand.

A rhyming look at many different kinds of trucks, from eighteen-wheelers to ice cream trucks, as they go about their business.

A little boy eagerly waits for his father to pick him up from school in his big tanker truck.

When a father and son set out early one morning for a cross-country drive in their jeep, they see all sorts of vehicles and pick up diverse passengers along the way.

Fireman Small and his little fire engine answer a call, rescue a little girl, and save a house from burning down.

When a dump truck "haulin' a great big load" gets stuck in the mud, progressively larger vehicles try to pull it out.

Describes trucks of all sizes, shapes, and colors doing a variety of tasks.

Simple rhyming text introduces sounds and activities of a wide variety of trucks.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal many different--and sometimes silly--items that trucks can haul.

Photographs of various parts of a fire engine depict different geometrical shapes.

A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.

Rumble down the road with a team of chirpy animal truckers.

Rhyming text describes tractors on the farm.

Rhyming verses describe the sights and sounds of morning traffic as cars, trucks, and airplanes rev up their engines and go!

Joshua James likes all kinds of trucks, big trucks, little trucks, trucks that go up, and trucks that go down.

As a girl and her father run errands in their old blue pickup, she discovers how many different ways they can use their truck.

As he plays with his toy fire engine, a boy imagines himself fighting a real fire.

A boy who loves trucks is disappointed when he receives a cat named Lola instead of a toy fire truck, but Lola proves to be a "trucker" after all.

On their way to the beach for a picnic the Pig family encounters almost every kind of transportation vehicle imaginable--and imaginary.

A country truck feels out of place in the speedy, noisy city until he comes to the rescue during a giant traffic jam.

Melvin, a cautious cement mixer, worries that he can't keep up with the other trucks, but when Rescue Rita needs to be rescued, he overcomes his worries and fears in order to help her.

Matt, who loves fire trucks, wakes up one morning to find that he has become a fire truck, with one driver, two ladders, three hoses, and ten boots. Features a gate-fold illustration that opens into a three-page spread.

As a little boy cleans up his room, he gives one word descriptions of the work his various toy trucks do, such as hauling, plowing, and loading. Features a gate-fold illustration that opens into a three-page spread.

Monkey Truck comes racing to the rescue anytime there is trouble in the jungle.

A child names many of his favorite trucks and each one's most notable characteristic.

There are many big machines and busy people involved in building a road, and this picture book, with its rambunctious rhymes and noisy fun, follows them every step of the way, from clearing a pathway to rolling the tar to sweeping up at the end.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text depict a wide variety of trucks, including bulldozers, eighteen-wheelers, garbage trucks, and fire trucks.

Wesley dreams his toy semi-flatbed rig grows big enough for him to have a trucking adventure but wakes to find he is in the back of his father's truck.

The driver of a tractor-trailer picks up a load of fresh fruits and vegetables, then drives through the countryside, past small towns, and into the big city, passing farms, construction sites, and many other vehicles, then delivers the produce and relaxes with other drivers.

One by one, Farmer Dale picks up animals who want a ride to town in his rickety old pickup truck.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text tell the story of a big truck that gets stuck under a bridge.