The Big Book of Things That Go (DK Big Books)

This is a great visual book with numerous types of vehicles. I actually didn't mind if some of the vehicles were outdated. It's still great read for even my 3 year old, who makes me laugh when he says rice combine harvester. I also have the Big Book of Trains, and the Big Book of Planes. Trains are the best of the 3, and the planes the least favorite.

Lots of great vehicles. I’m giving only 4 stars bc the extra large size of the book itself makes it hard for my 2.5 year old to read it on his own unless he’s on the floor. Still an enjoyable book though.

Our little guy received this book as a gift before he was born. He became fascinated with it by around age 14 months, but by 20 months had destroyed it (it's big, so the paper pages are hard for less experienced readers to turn!). We bought him a new copy for his second birthday and he has happily embraced it like an old friend.Every open pair of pages is themed: "On the Water," "In the Air," "In the City," and the like, with photographed groups of colorful vehicles for each setting scattered appealingly around the entire space. Across the bottom runs a tiny stylized frieze of vehicles in context (driving on roads, sailing on water) in much more muted colors. Our son likes to hunt for pictures in the frieze that match the ones up above.There is text in this book that would likely be good "interesting facts" reading for an older child, but the real star of the show is the collection of bright, sharp, detailed photos that (as another reviewer has pointed out) distinguish DK publications. Even very small children can enjoy identifying a blue van, a red car, a taxi, a bus--and they can then have increasingly detailed conversations about the images as they get older. (We have been looking recently at ways that a fire chief's car is different from a police car, for example.)We also have the DK "See How I Go" books, the thin, affordable little paperbacks designed around a theme like "Cars" or "Trains." They barely get any attention with this one in the house--this individual book provides literally hours of entertainment for a transit-obsessed child. I only wish there were a smaller or board-book edition so that it would be more portable. You won't be dropping this one in your bag to go anywhere. It's large enough to serve breakfast on--but for small children, that's probably part of its charm.

We had one of these books handed down from friends, and it had lost some of the pages and was MUCH loved and falling apart. My 2 yr old LOVES the new one. Updated but still some of the older pictures that he knew and loved.

I spend afternoons with a little boy who loves machines, particularly anything with tires. This book is big, accurate, colorful, and we are both learning the names of work vehicles. He points to the book and says "Monster Truck!". We visit it several times a week.

Purchased for my 4 year old grandson and this is the second Big Book I have purchased for him.He loves it and constantly going over and looking at it.

A little boy's potty training dream... I plant this book on a little table in front of the toilet and it keeps my little guy entertained for as long as needed. He gets so excited about the pictures and all the variety in the vehicles. The descriptions of what each vehicle is and does are advanced for a toddler, but the labeled names of some key parts are helpful for talking about the vehicle with him. I expect this book will be a favorite for a long time.

I am another parent who has to buy a second copy of this book because my young toddler has destroyed his first copy by looking at it and carrying it around day and night. One caveat for those with small children, and one for those with older ones: the names of many of the things that go are long and complicated for little ones to learn; and the book was written for a British market, so some of the names, items and vehicles are not equivalent to the American ones (many examples of this on the "Emergency Vehicles" pages), which I imagine older boys may find confusing or irritating. But overall, it's the pictures that they'll love and keep coming back to, not the words. I'm constantly amazed at how my son's interest in this book never flags. Myself, I am heartily sick of it. But here I am on Amazon buying another copy, and was amused to see that so many other parents had had to do the same -- and it's not a badly constructed book! It has a hard cover and good-quality pages. They've just had to take a lot of punishment, and our copy's now made more of tape than of paper...

My grandsons are delighted with most of the pictures in The Big Book of Things That Go; the photos are wonderfully clear and just what what little men like to look at. The substantial size of the book and the info filled pages make it a popular choice from the pile. I just wish I 'd noticed that so many of the 120 'color' photos of vehicles, planes, trains and boats would be American/Canadian. A photographic 'catalog' with pictures reproduced in Singapore, all printed and bound in Malaysia.The sections are:On the RoadIn the CityOn RailsAt SeaOn the waterIn the airOn the farmAt the roadworksOn the building siteEmergency!FirefightersAt the racesAmazing machinesOK - a station wagon can also be an estate car, a car carrier can be a transporter, a sedan can be a saloon, a garbage truck can be a rubbish lorry, a subway train can be an underground railway, a streetcar can be a tram, a sailboat can be a yacht, a snowplow be a snowplough, you get my message.It would be a good present for a toddler onwards, I am happy to turn the pages and point out/admire the most dramatic vehicles - the explanatory text is quietly educational so overall this is a success.

Lovely photos in the book, my son absolutely loves it. Thought the price tags was steep but actually once received I thought it was well worth it.

My 2 year old son absolutely loves this book and will often chose to read it with one of us. It would be amazing if they bought out a UK version with a hackney cab (instead of a yellow cab) and UK fire engines and ambulances but it's still a great book regardless.

This book has been a favourite forvcmy son aged 22 for many years and now it is being enjoyed by my great-nephew. A lovely present

This is an absolute hit with all young boys! There are probably some girls who would like it too but there's no doubt that the majority of boys just LOVE this book. Beautifully presented and full of so many things that go!