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Synopsis
Pug and his friend travel far and wide. They deliver goods in their big red truck. Sometimes they see toothpicks, and dragon wagons, even ground clouds . . .
So hop in—and make sure to keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down. Because when you’re on the road with Pug, there’s plenty of trucker talk and adventure around every corner!
Children's Literature
Rich with trucker vocabulary, alliteration and analogies, Nancy Coffelt uncovers trucker's lingo in a creative way. Through the eyes of a pug, the reader is given a passenger-seat experience of the voyage of a daily-delivery trucker. The book offers food for thought as it veers away from your standard non-fiction, fact-filled, truck book. Referring to a tow truck and the way it looks as a "dragon wagon," and comparing the fueling needs of the truck to the food needs of a pug make this book fun and easy to understand. It even has a "trucker glossary" in the back. Coupled with child-friendly illustrations and easy recognition words such as "bow wow" that are repeated throughout and bolded, this book is sure to provide an exciting learning experience for any truck fanatic and their parents. A definite "beep, beep" is in order for this book!