22nd November Go For a Ride Day

Select your favourite mode of transport, from bike to boat, from skates to sledge, pack some supplies and see what adventure the ride takes you on. The preschoolers come to the library looking for books about transport and diggers so this day gives you an excuse to do a  display of the various ways you can go for a ride. Here's a selection that your library might have too.

Bicycle

• Christopher's Bicycle  by Charlotte Middleton 

• The Red Bicycle  by Simone Shin

• Mulga Bill's Bicycle  by A.B Patterson and Kilmeny Niland

• I Love My Bike  by Simon Mole

Car

• Mr Gumpy's Motor Car  by John Burningham

• Rattletrap Car  by Phyllis Root

• My First Car Was Red  by Peter Schossow

• Racing Car is Roaring  by Mandy Archer

Truck

• The Truck Cat  byDeborah Frenkel

• Yellow Truck Road Train  by Mandy Tootell

• With Any Luck, I'll Drive a Truck by David Friend

• Little Blue Truck  by Alice Schertle

Bus

• The Boy on the Bus  by Penny Dale

• Little Cat and the Big Red Bus  by Jane Godwin

• We Catch the Bus  by Katie Abey

• Bunnies on the Bus  by Philip Ardagh

Train

• The Train Ride  by June Crebbin

• Steam Train, Dream Train  by Sherry Dusker Rinker

• Runaway Train by Benedict Blathwayt

• And the Train Goes ... by William Bee

Boat

• Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen

• Mr Gumpy's Outing  by John Burningham

• Bunnies in a Boat by Philip Ardagh

• Anchored by Debra Tidball

Plane

• Catch That Plane!  by Sally Sutton

• Emma Jane's Aeroplane by Katie Haworth

• Violet the Pilot  by Dino Yipadee

• A Shorebird Flying Adventure  by Jackie Kerin

Helicopter

• The Little Yellow Digger and the Helicopter by peter Gilderdale

• Roto and Roy: Helicopter Heroes  by Sherry Duskey Rinker

• Ellie Copter  by Deano Yipadee

• Hovering Helicopters by Tony Mitton

Rocket

• Space Song Rocket Ride  by Sunny Scribens

• Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket  bySue Fliess

• Rocket Ship, Solo Trip  by Chiara Colombi

• Dinosaur Rocket  by Penny Dale

Tractor

• Tractor  by Sally Sutton

• Duck on a Tractor  by David Shannon

• Driving My Tractor  by Jan Dobbins 

• Otis  by Loren Long

How else could you go for a ride?

ferris wheel, skateboard, scooter, ambulance, firetruck, garbage truck, skis,  camel, surfboard, motorbike, backhoe?

20th August World Helicopter Day

 

It is World Helicopter Day on the third Sunday of August.

There's not a lot of picture books about helicopters, but there are students at school who are super keen to borrow books about helicopters.

The nonfiction information books are more popular, but there are stories too. 

This story, Yellow Copter  is my 'nightmare' book. It is about a teacher who is stuck at the top of a ferris wheel and she is rescued by a helicopter. When I was 12, a ferris wheel I was on with some young cousins stopped, with us at the very top. Next door in full sight was an open air  aquarium with sharks swimming round and round. We were there for two and a half hours, the longest day of my life!

Not all helicopter books are like this though and this is probably very exciting for readers who haven't had my experience. See all of these others.