If you have a small person in your life, you no doubt have more than a passing knowledge of all things trucks, trains, planes, and automobiles. With Christmas coming, you might be on the look-out for something that's going to save you from reading that one book you know by heart even one more time. We're here to help!

Here are some of our favourite books about big machines for the young obsessives who love them so.

Wheels by Sally Sutton & Brian Lovelock

Brian Lovelock and Sally Sutton’s bestselling Construction Crew series includes such instant classics as Wheels, Roadworks, Tractor, Demolition, and Dig, Dump, Roll. With Lovelock's well-composed illustrations and Sutton's brilliantly simple rhyming text, these terrific books will have any three year old shrieking 'Bang! Crash! Thump!' along with the reader.

For ages 1+

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

If you're after a slightly calmer reading experience, Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site is a lyrical lullaby of a book. The sun is setting over the contruction site, and each big machine is putting away their tools and preparing for bed. The text has an effortless rhythm and repetition that makes it perfect for including in any bedtime routine.

For ages 2+.

That's Not My Truck... by Fiona Watt

The That's Not My... series is a firm favourite with babies and toddlers, and for good reason. The tactile elements, bold illustrations, and board pages encourage the very youngest readers to discover books. That's Not My Truck is sure to be a firm favourite.

For ages 0+

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All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors by Davina Bell & jenny Lovlie

Written by award-winning Australian author Davina Bell, All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors is as much a tribute to tractors as it is a love story to the kinds of kids who fixate on one thing or another. Frankie McGee's mum is desperately sick of hearing about tractors but Frankie is undeterred, and in this rhyming picture book he lays out his argument for why tractors trump every other big machine.

For ages 3+

Peep Inside How a Recycling Truck Works by Lara Bryan

There's a surprising lack of garbage truck books for a vehicle that seems to inspire such unadulterated devotion from small children, but Peep Inside How a Recycling Truck Works fills the void admirably. With bright illustrations and plenty of little flaps, this highly-informative book shows exactly what happens when the garbage truck collects the recycling, how everything is sorted at the recycling plant, and what happens to the recycling after its been sorted.

For ages 3+

10 Little Tractors by Annie Bailey & Jeff Harter

With cleverly rhyming text and nostalgic illustrations reminiscent of Little Golden Books, 10 Little Tractors has the feel of a classic favourite picture book. Ten little tractors start out for work, but between mud puddles, stranded kittens and herds of cows, we're down to one by the end of the day.

For ages 2+

My Big Book of Transport by Moira Butterfield

If you have an equal opportunity Big Machines fan, then My Big Book of Transport is the book for you. Including everything from double-decker buses to ice-cream trucks, this gloriously comprehensive book features bright illustrations, lively rhyming text, plenty of vehicle noises, things to hunt for in the pages, and factual tidbits that will appeal to curious minds.

For ages 2+

Snakes On a Train by Kathryn Dennis

Just to be clear, this is not the sequel to a certain Samuel L. Jackson film. It's a very wholesome, bright and cheerful picture book about, well, snakes on a train. Full of sibilant sounds and other wordplay it's a sure-fire hit for reading aloud.

For ages 0+

Crane Guy by Sally Sutton & Sarah Wilkins

Bustling with people, construction machines and vehicles of all kinds, Crane Guy is a terrific eye-spy book that invites readers to look down at a city from the cab of a gigantic crane tower and spot the various things starting with each letter of the alphabet.

For ages 2+

Poppy and Sam’s Wind-up Train Book by Heather Amery

Book and toy in one, Poppy and Sam’s Wind-up Train Book contains three individual stories about Poppy and Sam and their adventures with the local train. With the help of a little wind-up engine that travels along a track embedded in the pages of the book, young readers can enjoy their own school excursion, trips to the seaside and journeys around the village.

For ages 3+