transportation

We are a big fan of all Byron Barton's books. Even though he cannot read, our three year can recite the book cover to cover. Great illustrations and fun story lines.

The toddlers in my life love this book and ask us to read it over and over again. Machines at Work follows some construction workers through a work day and through different phases of building. The illustrations are beautifully done - simple to understand what is going on and very interesting to these little persons learning more about the world around them.

Its is better than some of the "truck" books out there but it's a bit pricey. Most truck books just identify lots of variations on backhoes but this one at least has a little bit of a story. However, to me it seemed a bit disjointed. First they worked on the road and then the building and then the road again. It tried to be sequential but somehow never came together. Also, it was disappointing not to see some final product (a finished building or road, etc). I would not have bought it if I could have looked through it in its entirety. I just relied on the reviews.