Storytime Books:
Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root
Illustrated by Jill Barton
Summary: It's hot, hot, hot! So Junie and Jake and Poppa and the baby want to go to the lake. But can they make it in their rattletrap car? It doesn't go fast, and it doesn't go far, but with the help of some razzleberry dazzleberry snazzleberry fizz, a beach ball, a surfboard, and a three-speed, wind-up, paddle-wheel boat, they're off to the lake where it's cool, cool, cool!
Fire Fighter PiggyWiggy by Christyan and Diane Fox
Summary: PiggyWiggy imagines just what he would do if he were a fearless fire fighter: With faithful Teddy at his side, PiggyWiggy slides down the pole in the firehouse, climbs tall ladders, and drives a glorious red fire truck...but what would PiggyWiggy do in a real emergency?
The Bus For Us by Suzanne Bloom
Summary: Today is Tess's first day of school and her very first ride on a school bus. As a multitude of vehicles- from fire engine to front loader passes by, Tess eagerly asks, "Is this the bus for us, Gus?"
Storytime Songs:
Drive My Car by Laurie Berkner from Under A Shady Tree
Hurry Hurry Drive The Fire Truck by Montreal Children's Workshop from My Little Baby's Birthday
The Wheels On The Bus by Cedarmont Kids from 100 Singalong Songs for Kids
More Transportation Books:
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Amazing Airplane by Tony Mitton
My Truck is Stuck by Kevin Lewis
Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherry Rinker
The Wheels on the Bus by Jane Cabrera
Cars Galore by Peter Stein
If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen
Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! by Patricia Hubbell
Firefighters: Speeding! Spraying! Saving! by Patricia Hubbell
...and this series of books by Kate McMullan
I'm Mighty!
I'm Dirty!
I'm Fast!
I Stink!
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