Best Books for Toddler Boys
Little boys love reading books about things they are especially interested in, like dinosaurs, cars, trucks, fire engines, trains, boats or planes. They love books with a lot of action and adventure. If you have a budding pilot, truck driver, fireman, engineer, dinosaur lover, running around the house, he’s sure to want to hear one of these award winning books over and over again.
My Car – By Byron Barton
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I am These bold, chunky characters will grab your baby’s attention. They make the most of a few words, explaining how Sam cares for his car.
Sam and this is my car. Sam explains the wonders and responsibilities of car ownership. He keeps his car clean and well maintained, filled with gas and oil. He drives carefully, stopping for pedestrians and obeying road signs. Sam shows us some of the cars parts, including the engine, wheels, body and frame, as well as the lights, so he can drive at night and the windshield wipers, so he can see when it rains. Sam also shows us one of the places he drives, to work, where he boards a bus because he’s a bus driver. My car is a must for all little car lovers.
Planes Board Book – By Byron Barton
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The young aviator in your house will love this book. Your toddler can explore the many ways we use airplanes as he visits the airport where all kinds of planes are landing and taking off, including seaplanes, crop dusters to planes that write messages in the sky.
Freight Train – By Donald Crews
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Have a train-crazy kid? This book has great illustrations to help children learn the names of each type of train car. Simple text describes four different types of freight cars, the caboose, the tender and the steam engine. The six basic colors plus black are used for each car and therefore this is an ideal way to teach colors to the little train lover.
Trains – by Byron Barton
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Most little boys are fascinated by trains. Byron Barton introduces little boys to the excitement of trains in this bold and colorful book. All aboard as the train journeys through a town, through tunnels, and over bridges. Trains are also shown carrying passengers both on long distance trips, through metropolitan areas and then returning to the station. Brief text and illustrations presents a variety of trains and what they do.
Boats – By Byron Barton
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The little sailor in your house will love this book. A variety of boats and the services they provide are showcased in this book. Fishing boats that go out so fishermen can catch fish, ferryboats that transport people from one place to another, sailboats for sailing around the bay, tugboats that help big ships into port, cruise ships that transport lots of passengers to far away places, and tankers that bring petroleum to heat homes and run cars.
Machines at Work Board Book – By Byron Barton
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Machines at Work, takes your child through an entire day at a construction site. With the call of “Hey, you guys, lets get to work”
men and women, arrive and begin their day. Each page shows people and machines actively working. Your toddler will be fascinated by dump trucks, bulldozers, cranes, cement trucks, and more.
Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs! – by Sandra Boynton
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Little boys seem to be fascinated by dinosaurs. Happy and sad, good and bad, opposites take on a whole new meaning when illustrated by a gang of personable dinosaurs. Open the cover and your little one will discover pages full of delightful dinosaurs singing, dancing, sunbathing, volleyball playing, lumbering, galloping, and gallivanting all around. This book is a main selection of the Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club.
Dig Dig Digging – by Margaret Mayo
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Kids who clamor of construction site action will love this book. Simple rhymes introduce eleven various large vehicles and describes the work that they do. Trucks and tractors, fire engines and helicopters-they like to work hard. But after a long, happy day of beep-beeping and vroom-vrooming, even the busiest engines need to rest. The bright, bouncy, noise-filled book brings together all the vehicles children adore.
Touch and Feel Fire Engine by DK Publishing
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Put on your fire hat and climb on board. Toddlers can now touch and feel some of a fire engines elements in this awesome and enlighting board book. Textures of a fire engines tires, hoses and ladder, are featured in this touch and feel book that contains easy-to-read text and full-color photos.
Once Upon a Potty – Boys – by Alona Frankel
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This book is one of the first books available to children about using the potty, and it is no surprise that it has been established as a classic and has sold over four million worldwide. It contains simple, colorful artwork that still manages to depict “poop” in very real terms. It also does a great job in incorporating parents into the process of moving from diapers to toilet. Your toddler will be empowered by Joshua as he learns to use his new potty.
Thomas the Tank Engines Big Lift-and-Look Book – by Owen Bell
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Children love books with flaps. This book has many, many flaps, over 60 in fact. Little boys also love Thomas the tank engine. Very young children will spend a lot of time lifting and learning with this big, bright, colorful board book. Early learning concepts are reinforced on each page, as toddlers are encouraged to explore their knowledge of colors, numbers, sizes, everyday objects and the alphabet. Thomas the tank engine travels through the pages, starting out early in the morning in the train shed and moving through the stations, dropping off parcels and passengers, and finally ending up in the freight yard with car after car full of important objects to be delivered, such as milk, doors, a piano, a kangaroo, and xylophones. This wonderful book will keep your child busy for hours at a time.
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go – by Richard Scary
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The Pig family takes a road trip to the beach for a picnic. The road is packed with hundreds of cars and trucks, vans and motorcycles, tractors and buses. The Pigs find chaos and adventure on the way to the beach and the opportunity to see vehicles they have never seen before. Besides vehicles, every page has lots of scenery. Also a little yellow bug called “gold bug” is hiding somewhere on every page. Toddlers find it great fun to look for “gold bug” every time you turn the page.