Books on Cars for Kids

Whether your young child plays with his toy cars all day, or an older child loves working on old cars with dad in the garage, you have a major car enthusiast on your hands. Indulge your child in his passion and encourage reading at the same time by picking up books related to cars for him to read. Choose factual and fictional books that feature cars with top billing in the story.

  1. Introduction to Cars

    • Read books with young children that introduce them to all types of cars. For kids ages 3 and older, "Cool Cars," by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker, provides cute illustrations for a wide variety of cars driven by friendly animals, and also teaches children about various parts of a car. For kids 8 and older, the DK Eyewitness book, "Car," by Richard Sutton, uses historic and modern photographs to teach children about the history of cars, from the earliest models to high-tech stylish modern-day cars.

    How Cars Work

    • Read educational books with your child that can help them understand how automobiles operate. One book to check out, for kids 7 and older is, "How It Works: Car," by Nicholas Harris, which teaches kids about the mechanics of cars using interactive lift flaps that reveal different layers of the car. Another book for that age group is, "Car Science," by Richard Hammond, which provides a fascinating look at how cars are made and how they operate, from a scientific point of view. The book provides plenty of picture diagrams to help children understand car mechanics.

    Car Character Books

    • Read exciting fiction books with your child that feature cars as characters. For children ages 3 and over, check out, "Car Goes Far," by Michael Garland, which follows a happy car as he goes on road adventures, eventually needing a car wash at the end of the day. You can also find a plethora of children's books for all reading levels, based on the Disney/Pixar "Cars" and "Cars 2" films, which focus on race car driver Lightning McQueen and his ragtag group of automobile friends.

    Fictional Car-related Books

    • Older kids may enjoy reading fiction chapter books that feature a car as central theme to the story. For kids ages 8 and older, "The Gold Cadillac," by Mildred D. Taylor, tells the compelling story of two sisters in 1950 on a family trip down south in their father's brand new gold Cadillac. Their excitement in the new car turns to fear the further south they go as they experience segregation and suspicion of their father as a African American with a shiny new car. For kids ages 10 and up, "The Happy Yellow Car," by Polly Hovarth, is about about a man who purchases a new car with money his wife was saving to send their daughter to college. The comical events that ensue after that decision ends up teaching everyone that family is the most important thing that matters.

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