Readers can touch and spin two big die-cut wheels on each spread of this sturdy board book. In rhyming couplets, six construction trucks introduce themselves and describe their jobs. "Mixed cement spins in my drum./ Then I lift and out it comes!/ I am a concrete mixer." A bulldozer says, "I push all the junk away./ Now there's room to build today! Each truck invites readers to "make my wheels spin. Let construction begin!" On the final page, an orange crane has a rotating gear, in addition to the two spinning wheels. Action and vocabulary words set in a bold font, bright tones, and a satisfying tactile element offer lively early reading. Ages up to 3. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Active toddlers will quickly figure out how to make the interactive wheels on this board book spin in tandem. Initially part of a dump truck, with successive page turns, the raised wheels embedded in two die-cut circles cut through each page become part of a steamroller, excavator, concrete mixer, bulldozer, and more. This design works for the youngest builders, but older toddlers will wonder why the caterpillar treads of the streamroller, excavator, and crane don't move with the wheels. The final vehicle, a crane, reveals the trick that makes the wheels turn togethera center sprocket. Two sentences of rhyming text per page provide basic information about each truck and its role on a construction site. One (seemingly arbitrarily chosen) word in each sentence is highlighted in a larger font. The name of each vehicle is also printed in enlarged type in white block letters outlined in a contrasting color. Pictures of the chunky, colorful vehicles against solid-color backgrounds give toddlers something else to talk about, but turning the pages and spinning the wheels remain the focus. The repetitive text on the recto page below the wheels quickly becomes a refrain for young readers: "Make my wheels spin. Let construction begin!" Other books cover the same ground. Still, the interactive possibilities, salient information, and predictable text make this title road ready for the sandbox set. (Board book. 18 mos.-3) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.