If your 4-year-old loves vehicles of all sorts, there are all kinds of transportation books for preschoolers available to add to your library.
These books include stories about cars, trucks, buses, trains, airplanes, boats and many other vehicles.
Below is a list of transportation books your preschooler might like. Use them for unit on transportation or to simply satisfy your child’s desire to learn about things that go.
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Transportation Books for Preschoolers
Airport by Byron Barton – Children will find out what happens at an airport in this simple story.
Boats by Byron Barton – Children can learn about many different types of ships in this easy-to-read book.
Trucks by Byron Barton – Bread truck. Tank truck. Moving truck. These are just some of the different types of trucks presented in this story.
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton – A big snow comes to the city and Katy the tractor saves the day by plowing everybody out.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera – Animals and new verses add an interesting twist to a well-known song.
The Wheels on the Bus by Jane Cabrera – Take a well-known children’s song and a travel bus full of animals and you get a delightful story full of animal sounds and fun.
Truck by Donald Crews – Children will follow the journey of a semi truck in this almost wordless picture book by Donald Crews.
My Truck is Stuck by Kevin Lewis and Daniel Kirk – Kids will learn about counting to 5 and giving a helping hand in this fun story.
Cars Go by Steve Light – Kids will love “hearing” the sounds different cars make in this fun book.
Trucks Go by Steve Light – What does a garbage truck sound like? How about a cement truck? Kids will find out in this quick read.
Planes Fly! by George Ella Lyon – This book teaches children about the different parts of an airplane, the names of various planes, what planes carry, and more.
Dig Dig Digging ABC by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe – A – Airplane. B – Bulldozer. C – Crane. There’s a vehicle for every letter of the alphabet in this clever book.
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? by Brianna Caplan Sayres – Where do diggers, garbage trucks, monster trucks and other vehicles sleep at night? Children will find out in this delightful rhyming book.
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle – This charming book will teach kids how valuable it is to help one another.
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw – Four sheep in a jeep create quite an adventure in this silly book.
Digger Dozer Dumper by Hope Vestergaard – From street sweeper to snowplow, this rhyming book teaches kids about 16 different hard-working vehicles.
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