A is for Alternator: ABC Book of Auto Parts

I bought this book after my son and I fell in love with T is for Turbo, The Sideways Sliders, The Noisy Snails and The Whiney Supercharger by Michael J. Myers (The Motorhead Garage Productions Series of a true car enthusiast). My son enjoyed learning the alphabet with car parts so much that I figured buying a different one would teach new information but when I received my order I was quickly disappointed, and so was my 4 year old - he wants nothing to do with this book and goes straight to T is for Turbo.I’m not usually one to write reviews but my level of frustration was high enough to take the time to point this out to other parents looking to teach their kids about cars.. along with the fact that this book is copyright infringement.The only thing myself and some other customers didn’t agree with in T is for Turbo was the definition of Intercooler and Alex even copied that page! Not to mention his page for T literally says “T is for Turbo”. There are thousands of car parts to choose from, how could this be an accident?I recently learned that Michael ended up making the revision to intercooler at his customers requests so if you want the correct and original information to teach your kids.. I suggest buying T is for Turbo and the rest of the Motorhead Garage Productions series, not this knockoff.And I still don’t understand the bunny.

I would give it ZERO STARS if I could. This book is a complete rip off and shouldn't even be legal to sell! 10 out of 26 Pages are the same as T is for Turbo ABC Book. It even ends with Z is for ZipTie! Not to mention it looks like it was made with Microsoft Word. Refer to my photo for proof T is for Turbo is on top A is for Alternator on bottom. So no sorry Alex, I will not give you a 5 star review. You should be grateful for the 1.

I feel like this is copy of The book "t is for turbo".The "D" is poorly written and incorrect. A distributor uses 1 coil.The "L" is confusing a leaf spring and a shocks function.the "S" is not a great choice. Tons of other "S" parts that will be on a child's car in 10+ years.A few other things I don't like about it, but semantics really. Just buy the "T is for turbo" book.

I'm not sure how people can rate this so highly. This is a novelty book for the car-loving grandpa, not a little kid's book. There is no way to transfer this info to something my 2-year-old gets. We got The Construction Alphabet Book at the same time and it has been amazing. My little one picked up on all the info easily because they wrote it in an easy-to-understand way. This book doesn't even show how the parts relate to the engine, so they just float in space. I took a chance, and am incredibly disappointed.

I had really high hopes because I’ve got an emerging reader who loves cars. But the information in this book is poorly worded and confusing for people who don’t know about cars. Each picture is abstract so there’s very little context for where each item fits in a car. And some of the explanations seemed like they’d been run through a translate app to get to English.

I did not know of all the controversy about this book and the Michael Myers book, T is for Turbo. I will need to check hat out. I will do the review I planned. Here is a good book for all those dads who want to teach their boys and girls about car parts and the alphabet. Everyone should be able to have an alphabet book about things they like and there are many boys and girls who like cars. The story gives you the alphabet, the letter, and then the definition on a kid level.

I bought this book for my 4 year old grandson whose Daddy drives race cars and racing busses. He is obsessed with anything automotive. He knows the names of most of the parts in the book and he thinks it is hilarious as do we when he just laughs as we read with him. Would be a little too advanced for a child who has no knowledge of auto parts whatsoever though. For our Oliver though, it was perfect.

I wish I know about this book when my son was younger since he loves anything about car. My daughter loves it since I bought it for her birthday. Best Book ever!!

Loved that each part came with little description. The boys love reading this book

Good book. A little disappointing from a Mom/licensed mechanics perspective. For example S is for Smog Pump... would have expected starter or spark plug, but still enjoyable.

The content is nicely done, some choices could have been more inspired (a smog pump?), but overall happy there is a car for the more technically/mechanically inclined parents.I was a little surprised receiving it, as it looks like a homemade pamphlet rather than a sturdier board book I had expected. It definitely won't survive long with my toddler.

This is a great book and made a great gift for my nephew (and his dad haha!) This would be hilarious to see in the waiting room of a mechanic shop!

Me & my husband arw both mecganics & we got this for our 5 month Old daughter. Good descriptions of parts except for yoke.