Sherri Duskey Rinker Books in Order

As evening settles over the construction site, five hardworking trucks finish their tasks and prepare for sleep. Rhyming text follows Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator through their nightly wind-down.

A dream train arrives at a station where animal workers load its unusual cargo. Polar bears pack ice cream, elephants fill tankers with paint and kangaroos handle balls, turning the railway’s nighttime work into a playful journey toward sleep.

A parent remembers life before a child arrived and the changes that followed. Toys, laughter, adventures and daily surprises fill their home, offering a warm account of the love and cheerful disruption a growing family brings.

Animal friends aboard a dreamy train introduce counting from one to ten. This board book pairs gentle rhymes with activities in different train cars, offering a numerical companion to the world of Steam Train, Dream Train.

A colorful train and its animal crew help young readers explore familiar colors. Inspired by Steam Train, Dream Train, this board book combines rhyming text with brightly illustrated train cars for an early introduction to color recognition.

This picture book biography explores Virginia Lee Burton's creative life and the machines that populated her stories. Her sons' interests, imaginative artwork, and beloved vehicles illustrate how family and artistic invention shaped her children's books.

The familiar construction trucks face a job too large to complete alone and welcome new helpers to the site. Their busy day demonstrates how friendship, cooperation, and combining different abilities can make a demanding task manageable.

Santa's elves discover his sleigh needs replacing and launch a contest to build the best new ride. Twelve teams create imaginative vehicles inspired by trucks, motorcycles, and other machines, leaving Santa with an unusual Christmas choice.

Cement Mixer leads an alphabet rhyme through the busy construction site, introducing letters from A to Z. This board book connects early letter learning with construction vocabulary and familiar characters from Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site.

The construction trucks work together to build a new firehouse in time for Christmas. As each finishes its part, a special present awaits, bringing a seasonal story about teamwork, appreciation, and settling down after a busy day.

Tiny the dog is determined to dig up a very large bone, despite doubts from those around him. With one boy's encouragement, his persistent digging becomes a rhyming story about determination and unexpected discoveries.

Bulldozer and Crane Truck prepare a new building site while introducing circles, triangles, and squares. This construction-themed board book uses their work to help young readers recognize shapes through familiar machines and playful descriptions.

Crane Truck and Excavator tackle work that illustrates contrasting concepts, including big and small and day and night. This board book introduces opposites through the everyday jobs and cooperation of the familiar construction site friends.

Dump Truck's busy day provides a tour of colors found around the construction site, from morning sky to nighttime moon. This board book introduces color recognition through familiar machinery and the changing world around it.

Excavator gets to work while young readers count along from one to ten. This board book uses the familiar construction crew and an active job site to introduce numbers through a simple, truck-centered counting adventure.

Small skid steer Kid McGear eagerly joins the construction crew, hoping to prove she can help. When a steep cliff endangers the larger trucks, her resourcefulness becomes essential in a rhyming story about teamwork and ability.

The construction crew takes on a different kind of assignment: demolishing an old building. Smashing, sorting, crushing, and hauling bring the trucks together as they clear away debris and prepare the site for something new.

An eager young octopus volunteers to manage bedtime, but plans to put his parents to bed instead. Baths, pajamas, toothbrushing and tucking in become a lively challenge when the child takes charge and every family member has eight arms.

Revver dreams of driving race cars rather than gathering food or climbing trees like other squirrels. Sneaking onto the racetrack brings him to tire changer Bill, but joining the pit crew requires more than enthusiasm.

A little mouse cannot sleep because the night seems too quiet. As frogs, crickets, and other nighttime sounds accumulate, this rhythmic bedtime story turns his complaint into a noisy exploration of the world after dark.

On Christmas Eve, the construction trucks prepare their site for a shared celebration. Lift-the-flap surprises reveal each vehicle's contribution, while the rhyming board book emphasizes friendship and the pleasure of spending the holiday together.

The construction crew teams up with new road-building vehicles to create a superhighway. Rolling, paving, painting, and other tasks fill their day, with rhyming text showing how different machines contribute to a single large project.

Revver has earned a place with the racing team, but his curiosity leaves him stranded in an airport when their plane departs. Finding his way back tests his resourcefulness and his confidence that the crew still wants him.

A windy Halloween night makes the familiar construction site seem unexpectedly spooky as the trucks prepare for bed. Lift-the-flap reveals turn apparent scares into silly surprises, inviting readers to share the crew's reassuring discoveries.

The construction trucks join farm vehicles for a year of changing jobs, from spring planting to winter care. Building a barn and gathering the harvest reveal how teamwork helps a busy farm through every season.

A forest fire spreads out of control, sending helicopter Roto and pilot Roy into action. Their rescue mission depends on courage and cooperation, introducing a team whose different abilities help them face the danger together.

Melting snow brings Easter and signs of spring to the construction site. Young readers lift flaps to discover flowers, ducklings, lambs, and an egg hunt surprise as the trucks explore the changing season together.

The trucks find personal messages waiting for them on Valentine's Day, but the sender is a mystery. Lift-the-flap discoveries reveal sweet and silly notes in a rhyming celebration of kindness and friendship at the construction site.

The construction trucks help expand a busy airport, building roads and runways alongside its specialized vehicles. Fueling planes, moving luggage and clearing an unexpected snowstorm require cooperation before the aircraft can depart and the workers settle down to rest.

A flash flood threatens a town, and helicopter Roto and pilot Roy launch a rescue mission. Lifting vehicles, saving a stranded family and transporting sandbags test their teamwork as they race to protect people from the rising water.

The construction crew prepares for an autumn harvest by gathering pumpkins, adjusting a scarecrow and readying the barn. Hidden details beneath flaps accompany a rhyming celebration of cooperation and the gratitude the trucks feel for one another.