Great Big Toy Trucks

Monster trucks can roar right into your home with Great Big Toy Trucks, a step-by-step guide to making a collection of wooden vehicles that can be played with and enjoyed - by the truck maker and the truck receiver alike!

Sturdy, fun, and popular. Wooden trucks are great projects for the beginner and the experienced woodworker with the end results giving children hours of pleasure playing with the toys. With more than 400 images to view, detailed instructions for a fleet of vehicles are easily explained by author Les Neufeld, who has chosen toys that are consistently rated by toy manufacturers and retailers as top sellers.

Nine working vehicles can be made, including:

• Giant loader
• Mining dump truck
• School bus
• Tractor with wagon
• 6-wheel dump truck
• Fire truck
• Steamroller

About the Author Les Neufeld has been an avid woodworker since childhood. With early training in the logging and lumber industry, he later became a machinist. He earned a master's degree in education, and received his woodworking and design training at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Great Big Toy Trucks is the third toy-making book by Neufeld, who lives in Quesnel, British Columbia. His other books are Tremendous Toy Trucks (Taunton Press, 2001) and Making Toys that Teach (Taunton Press, 2003).

• Type: Paperback
• ISBN: 978-1-62710-791-4
• Published date: 2015
• Dimensions: 8-1/2" x 10-7/8"
• Pages: 192
• Photos: 360
• Drawings: 80