Tonka

Text and illustrations describe all sorts of trucks used in building a house, on the highway, on a farm, at a fire, and in other places.

The best-selling Lift-the-Flap series now includes the wildly popular Tonka truck toy line! Over 40 flaps to open! Dump trucks, backhoes, cranes, and bulldozers. . .these are the Tonka trucks that kids love. One peek inside this book reveals busy construction scenes showing these vehicles in action—enhanced by more than 40 fun flaps to open. Packed with action this book will keep Young Tonka fans coming back again and again.

With tons of vehicles to color and activities to complete, there’s plenty of fun to be had in this Tonka book that includes 48 stickers, 4 jumbo crayons, a paintbrush, and 8 paints. Color and paint your favorite cars and trucks as they work on construction sites, carry big loads, pick up garbage, and more! Young readers will enjoy coloring and painting bulldozers, fire trucks, dump trucks, garbage trucks, ambulances, and many more in this book with mazes, puzzles, matching, and word searches. With 4 jumbo crayons, a paintbrush and 8 paints, and 48 stickers, this book is full of fun!

For generations, kids have pretended to drive, dig, lift, even construct entire cities with their Tonka toys. Now, young Tonka fans can capture a big rig, mighty cement mixer, back hoe, and other equipment, along with workers and signs for an entire construction scene. Full color. Consumable.

Three Men, Little Alvin, and a Tonka Truck is an adorable caper of a story. It will tug at your heartstrings. Little Alvin is a cute, blond-haired, blue-eyed boy who has the world at his feet. Though he could afford to buy all the toy stores in the world, his most prized possession is a Tonka Truck. Little Alvin is a prince in the eyes of his minders. They love him dearly and are prepared to lay their lives down for him. When an attempt to kidnap Little Alvin materialised one day, the three men in his life leap into action. Will they come it out of their ordeal alive?

Climb behind the wheel of over 50 different types of trucks, from dump trucks and fire trucks to tanker trucks and ice cream trucks! Full of colorful and detailed illustrations and loads of interesting facts, The Truck Book is a must-have for all vehicle fans.

Relive your childhood memories with this spectacular tome of Tonka history. On the shores of Lake Minnetonka in Minneapolis, three men created Mound Metalcraft in an old schoolhouse in the late 1940s and set out to make tie racks and garden utensils. Sales weren't as abundant as expected, so the group decided to produce sturdy construction toys crafted from the leftover materials. Tonka - named after the nearby lake - was born and the company changed the face of the toy industry forever.Tonka takes you through the early days of the company, to its purchase by Hasbro in 1991. Through the years, there were many ups and downs, but a few things remained constant: the rugged quality, realism, and durability of the toys. The employees were an integral part of the company, and profiles of a handful of former employees help bring a personal level to the story of the company that drove its way to the top of the toy truck industry. Each epoch of Tonka history is covered and accompanied by 150 color and 25 archival images.The Tonka story itself is one of an incredible journey. From the humble confines of a small schoolhouse, to a giant corporation that sold toys everywhere, Tonka remains a household word for strength and durability and is synonymous with toys that could withstand anything a child could do with them.br>Author bio:Dennis David is an automobile journalist and writes for many antique car enthusiast magazines. He collects antique automobiles, is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians, is the technical editor for the National DeSoto Club, and is an automobile appraiser. This is his third book. David lives in northwestern Connecticut with his wife, Susan, and son, Christopher.Lloyd Laumann worked at Tonka for almost 30 years. He held various positions from August 1955 through September 1984, and the last position he held was vice president of manufacturing. He retired in 1984 and has been collecting Tonka memorabilia ever since. Laumann has been writing articles for collector magazines since 1987 and currently lives in Waconia, Minnesota, with his wife, Jean.