Cars Trucks

When I was young, I'm told, my favorite book was "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go", by Richard Scarry.  Apparantly this affinity is genetic.  

William is no longer interested in other books.  When presented with books, his request is always for "cars trucks".  He's quite good now at finding Goldbug on every page, and he can identify Dingo.  Every once in a while he sees a kitty cat, or a doggie, or something like that.  Bus, truck, and car spottings are de rigeur.  Being an Indian child, he can also spot vehicles that are somewhere between a scooter/motorcycle and a car, known locally as autorickshaws, or "autos".  Autos are his favorites to spot in the street, and now in the book, too.  And today he spotted a monkey in a tree, which was great, except that there was no monkey in the tree he was looking at.  Oh well.  He's only 1.  

Sadly, the book was published in 1974, so it's unlikely that it was my father's favorite as well.  So the real challenge will be keeping the book intact for another 30 years so that William's first-born has a chance to read it, too.