Synopsis
Award-winning author Alexandra Siy's lyrical text and Jacqueline Roger's whimsical watercolors are certain to delight young vehicle lovers.
A sleepy backyard doesn't stay quiet for long. Pirates sail in, and the backyard teems with the movement of airplanes, cranes, trucks, and trains.
Children's Literature
This counting book by Jacqueline Siy doubles as a fun-filled tribute to imaginative play. While contemplating his one toy tractor, a little boy notices two mouse-piloted planes and three small pirate ships. Soon the boy and his tiny new companions are hard at work building a town in the sandbox and adding six city buses and seven fire trucks to it. The book ends with a surprise, though, when the boy sends his small buddies on their way. The last double-page spread reveals the boy asleep on the grass and surrounded by the toys he dreamed of. Little ones will love lingering over the details—busy machines, scooter-riding buccaneers—in the watercolors by Jacqueline Rogers. Reviewer: Mary Quattlebaum