At my house, we read a lot of board books. We've gone through Good Night Gorilla, Goodnight Moon, & The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Lately, it's been all about cars and trucks and things that go. Richard Scarry comes in handy in times like these. We can read the compact, apple shaped Cars and Trucks From A to Z a hundred times, and even us grown-ups are still entertained. Who couldn't love a lemon car or a zippermobile?
When it is time to move on, we like to read Trains Go. Every page offers a new, bright and splashy type of train, and the only words are the whistles and rumbles of the trains themselves. Steve Light has painted the most gorgeous watercolor trains, and the words appear to ebb and flow just like the sounds they describe.
If you are looking for some more good transportation-related board books, you could try Byron Barton's Trains, Trucks, or Machines at Work (yes, he's got the corner on the market), or Freight Train by Donald Crews.
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