Make Tracks: Emergency

by Johnny Dyrander (Illustrator)

8 pages, Board Book

Published September 3, 2024

Reviews

[Olivia]

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MAKE TRACKS: EMERGENCY is another fantastic installment in this interactive board book. This new book allows children to learn the basics about emergency vehicles and drive them around through a small track on a coin within the book. The left side of each page spread includes basic details about the vehicles, while the right features a track they can move the paper truck along with their finger. Targeted questions on this page add to the learning experience.

What I loved: This is such a fun book that turns reading into play. The paper coins with vehicles and tracks that little ones can move them along add to the experience and give children a way to interact with the book on their own. The additional questions asking them to count something specific or identify elements of the scene add to the engagement and learning experience. Emergency vehicles are of particular interest to toddlers, and this book plays that up, showing a fire truck, police car, ambulance, and rescue helicopter.

The pages are very thick and sturdy, and the tracks are well-constructed, keeping the vehicles within so that they cannot get lost and can be moved around as much as little ones would like. The illustrations and scenes are wonderfully detailed, which helps to engage toddlers visually. Due to the interactive nature of the book, this works well for toddlers and preschoolers, who can get into the play along the way.

Final verdict: MAKE TRACKS: EMERGENCY is a delightful, interactive board book that celebrates the excitement of vehicles and play. Highly recommend for toddlers and preschoolers.

Please note that I received an ARC. All opinions are my own.

[Panda Incognito · Rating 4 out of 5]

This interactive board book is great for toddlers. The book introduces kids to a firetruck, a police car, an ambulance, and a helicopter, and each double page spread focuses on one vehicle. The book explains what each first responder vehicle is for and identifies parts of it, and then lets kids move a miniature version of that vehicle along a cut-out track. The vehicles are printed on sturdy paperboard discs that fit securely within the track, and kids can either nudge them along with their hands, or turn the book at different angles to move them along the track.

This is very cute, and even though the text is minimal, caregivers can read aloud the descriptions and some interactive elements to little ones. The book includes questions that encourage kids to count different details in the pictures, in addition to moving the car along the track. This is an age-appropriate, engaging book for little kids, and it offers lots of play value.

I received a free copy from the publisher through Amazon Vine, and am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's an emergency, and four different vehicles, including a fire engine, a police car, an ambulance, and a helicopter arrive to help. The different modes of transportation are accompanied by labels for their different parts, a description, and a small track along which readers can move small replicas of each vehicle, some moving around town while others head back to their departure point or a hospital. The tracks and pieces are sturdy enough to withstand plenty of use. There are even questions that require closer examination of the pages in this sturdy board book.

[Tosca Wijns-Van Eeden · Rating 3 out of 5]

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