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Overview
Vivid paintings by Shari Halpern and light verse by Philemon Sturges take readers through the roaring world of rumbling trucks and reveal each truck's special job.Author Biography: Philemon Sturges is an architect as well as the author of several books for children including Rainsong/Snowsong also illustrated by Shari Halpern. He lives in Boston, MA.
Shari Halpern illustrated The Surprise Garden and The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall and her own Hush, Little Baby.She lives in South Orange, NJ.
A child names many of his favorite trucks and each one's most notable characteristic.
Synopsis
Vivid paintings and light verse take readers through the roaring world of rumbling trucks and reveal each truck's special job.
The Horn Book Guide - Susan Halperin
Invitingly clear and bright Bryon Bartonesque artwork accompanies simple verse highlighting favorite vehicles. Labeled endpapers provide a composite of the featured trucks along with an additional fact about each one. The bold, large-scale pictures will make this a hit with even the youngest of truck lovers.
Editorials
Susan Halperin
Invitingly clear and bright Bryon Bartonesque artwork accompanies simple verse highlighting favorite vehicles. Labeled endpapers provide a composite of the featured trucks along with an additional fact about each one. The bold, large-scale pictures will make this a hit with even the youngest of truck lovers.— The Horn Book Guide
Children's Literature
Here is a cute book for very young truck lovers. The pages show the various trucks and name them—trailer trucks, tow trucks, trucks that roll and even those that dig and dump, but the one that this fellow loves best is the one the "brings ice cream to my door." Bright, stylized illustrations go well with the spare text. A board book version of the original picture book, this edition retains what kids love best—the pictures of trucks. This is a book that will appeal to toddlers. 2003 (orig. 1999), HarperCollins,— Marilyn Courtot