Winter Reading Challenge 2026: Take This Show on the Road!Like this list

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• ABCs on Wheels

  Olivera, Ramon

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  A is for ambulance, but don't miss the rest! An alphabet on wheels is what kids like best.

• Transportation!

  How People Get Around

  Gibbons, Gail

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  Gibbon's illustrated books about kids favorite topics never fail to be favorites. Transportation and how people get around is a topic for young travelers who love things that go!

• Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go

  Scarry, Richard,

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  A 50th anniversary edition of a long-time favorite: Cars and Trucks is an ode to a busy city on the move. Animals in creative and funny little cars shaped like apples and hot dogs will make little readers say vroom!

• Alphabet Trains

  Vamos, Samantha R.,

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  This alphabet book makes train lovers say choo-choo! Rhyme and read along with this letter book about our favorite express way to travel.

• Planes Fly!

  Lyon, George Ella, 1949-

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  By the same author as Boats Float! Trains Run! and Trucks Roll!

• Ask a Pilot

  a Pilot Answers Kids' Questions About Air Travel

  Kelley, Justin

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  Got a nervous flyer? This author who is a pilot is also a dad, who answers kids' curious questions about how planes work.

• Wheels

  Sutton, Sally

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  Sutton has a whole set of books about construction trucks, farm tractors, and other things with: you guessed it! Wheels!

• A Unicorn on a Unicycle

  a Counting Book of Wheels

  Graham-Barber, Lynda

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  While it may look like something out of a fantasy, this adorable counting book is for every reader who wants to count the wheels. And count them some more.

• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Car

  Dopirak, Kate,

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  Rhyming text and cute graphic pictures make this adorable sing along book perfect for little readers who love cars, headlights, and singing while they read.

• Things That Go

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  This look and find book is chock full of pictures to explore. And speaking of exploration, it's full of ways to travel and things that go. Hop on board!

• Build It! Things That Go

  Make Supercool Models With Your Favorite Lego Parts

  Kemmeter, Jennifer

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  Grab that stack of bricks and make something new! All the builds in this book are meant to have wheels and look like real life model of the vehicles we love.

• Little Blue Truck and Racer Red

  Schertle, Alice,

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  Little Blue truck isn't sure what to think when a speedy little car tries to pass him on the road. She tries to convince him to join her for a race to the pond, but Little Blue would rather go slow. Racer Red just wants to win, will she be able to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Zoom! Zoom!

  Sounds of Things That Go in the City

  Burleigh, Robert

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  Read this book aloud and proud as you hear all the sounds that the city makes from morning to night.

• The Cars and Trucks Book

  Parr, Todd

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  With a catchy rhyme and silly pictures of vehicles who love to be on the road, Parr wins again with this book about wheels and feels.

• Trucks, Cars, and Things With Wings!

  Posner-Sanchez, Andrea,

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  Elmo loves to go, go, go! This little board book is perfect for the tiniest fan of transportation.

• Going Places

  Reynolds, Peter H. (Peter Hamilton), 1961-

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  Every kid gets a kit to build a go-kart for the big race, but what if Maya decides to build something else? This philosophical book about taking the road less travelled will make your heart strings sing!

• Passenger Trains

  Arnold, Quinn M.,

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  Seedlings readers for kindergarten age learners will introduce young readers to the parts and terms for trains. For a curious traveler or a lover of mechanics, this book is a simple primer about trains.

• If I Could Ride a Train

  Koland, Heidi,

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  What do you see when you ride through the world on a train? See the power of nature through the eyes of a young child exploring train travel.

• Tractor Mac. School Day

  Steers, Billy,

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  The first day of school is nerve-wracking, but imagine you are the bus! Betty the school bus misses her stops, and ends up in the wrong lane at school. Tractor Mac and his friends ease her fears and help her find her way.

• Go, Dog, Go!

  Seuss, Dr.,

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  This beginner book about dogs that go will delight little ones and early readers alike. The comic pictures of dogs of many colors racing through the pages is a perfect start for reading enjoyment. And Wheels!