Each truck and big machine in these enticing rhyming poems is different — and little readers are invited to find a vehicle that's like them.
Sixteen boisterous, rhyming poems — each one highlighting the job and personality of a different vehicle, from a backhoe to an ambulance to a snowplow — invite young children to meet their favorite trucks face-to-face. Cheerful illustrations show each one in action, digging (or dozing, or dumping) away. Engaging visual details like an anxious turtle crossing the street just ahead of a steamroller are sure to keep preschoolers poring over the pages as they consider the question, "Trucks as far as eyes can see. . . . Which truck would you like to be?”
Each truck and big machine in these enticing rhyming poems is different — and little readers are invited to find a vehicle that's like them.
Sixteen boisterous, rhyming poems — each one highlighting the job and personality of a different vehicle, from a backhoe to an ambulance to a snowplow — invite young children to meet their favorite trucks face-to-face. Cheerful illustrations show each one in action, digging (or dozing, or dumping) away. Engaging visual details like an anxious turtle crossing the street just ahead of a steamroller are sure to keep preschoolers poring over the pages as they consider the question, "Trucks as far as eyes can see. . . . Which truck would you like to be?”
This book is intelligent and informative, with craft, rhythm, great
art, and entertainment.
—School Library Journal (starred review)
Adorable multiethnic children are the drivers of these 16
trucks—from construction equipment to city trucks, rescue vehicles
and a semi—easily standing in for readers, a point made very clear
on the final spread. Varying rhyme schemes and poem lengths help
keep readers’ attention. ... While there are many rhyming truck
books out there, this stands out for being a collection of
poems.
—Kirkus Reviews
Vestergaard (Potty Animals) offers 16 poetic tributes to big
machines and trucks that should prove deeply satisfying to young
connoisseurs and the grownups who read to them. ... Slonim’s
pictures are rendered in bright acrylics (fire engine red and
construction sign yellow prevail) and outlined in appropriately
rugged charcoal; their burly cuddliness skews the pages toward
younger imaginations.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
[Youngsters] will be captivated by the lively artwork. ... Fun for
reading aloud, especially one-on- one.
—Booklist
[T]hese playful verses sing the praises of sixteen trucks and the
work they do. The lighthearted acrylic and charcoal illustrations
enhance the poems’ humor and give their subjects loads of
personality. There’s some refreshing gender equality, too, as six
of the trucks are female.
—The Horn Book
Although Slonim’s perky accompanying cartoon illustrations play to
a younger crowd, Vestergaard’s careful wordsmithery, precise
terminology, and sly humor assure that the poems themselves will be
appreciated by even more sophisticated listeners. ... Vestergaard
changes up her rhyme and meter enough to keeps things interesting,
and the scansion is reliable enough to coax even poetry-shy adults
into trying a read aloud. Newly independent readers might want to
step up to the mic, too, and share in the fun of a high-energy,
clanging and banging poetry performance.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
A charming set of rhymes... This is a wonderful addition to the
bookshelf of any kid fascinated by big trucks. And who isn't?
—San Antonio Express-News
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