Little Blue Truck

Little Blue Truck

Format: Hardcover
By Alice Schertle, Illustrated by Jill McElmurry

On Sale: May 1, 2008

$17.59

HardcoverE-BookGift SetBig BookBoard BookLap Board BookPadded Board BookSpanish

Beep! Beep! Meet Blue! Filled with truck sounds and animal noises, Little Blue Truck is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others.

A muddy country road is no match for this little pick-up—that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck.

Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to do whatever it takes to get their pal back on the road.

Little Blue Truck is a joyful cacophony of animal and truck sounds that will have youngsters beeping and quacking—and begging for one more go-round!

Along the way, readers see that it pays to be kind to our animal friends. If we show a friendly respect to others, we’re more likely to get help when we’re, say, stuck in the muck in a truck!

ISBN: 9780152056612
ISBN 10: 0152056610
Imprint: Clarion Books
On Sale: May 1, 2008
Pages: 32 pages
Price: $17.59
Age: 4 to 7
BISAC1: JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Farm Animals
BISAC2: JUVENILE FICTION: Transportation / Cars & Trucks
BISAC3: JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Baby Animals
BISAC4: JUVENILE FICTION: Bedtime & Dreams
BISAC5: JUVENILE FICTION: School & Education
BISAC6: JUVENILE FICTION: Concepts / Sounds
BISAC7: JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship
BISAC8: JUVENILE FICTION: Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life
BISAC9: JUVENILE FICTION: Science & Nature / Weather
BISAC10: JUVENILE FICTION: Holidays & Celebrations / Halloween
BISAC11: JUVENILE FICTION: General
BISAC12: JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / General
BISAC13: JUVENILE FICTION: Transportation / General
Reviews:

'Schertle's (All You Need for a Beach) rhyming stanzas are succinct, and she gives readers plenty of opportunities to chime in with animal and vehicle noises; colored, standout fonts highlight these sounds for extra effect. McElmurry's (Mad About Plaid) gouaches recall the heyday of Golden Books in their combination of vividness, naïveté and sweetness, and her rich palette achieves verisimilitude that is no less satisfying for being nostalgic.'  --Publishers Weekly, starred review (4/28/08)  —