Red Truck, Yellow Truck

by Michelle Robinson, Jez Tuya (Illustrator)

Overview

Tractors, diggers, mixers, bulldozers, and more star in this colorful salute to vehicles that roll, lift, climb, squash, and keep going when the going gets tough.

Red truck, yellow truck and their dog drivers are on their way to the construction site. But as they drive through the busy city, a snowy forest, and a cow-filled farm, they get sidetracked by a slow garbage truck, a snowdrift, and a speeding tractor. Will they get their jobs done before they have to turn in for the night?

Author Michelle Robinson's rhythmic, action-packed text builds excitement with every page turn, while Jez Tuya's colorful trucks, townscapes, and adorable dogs on-the-go beg for an attentive pause. Endpapers bursting with different kinds of vehicles will delight readers looking for even more truck fun. Ideal for story times and fans of Richard Scarry's Busytown.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781682633021
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	08/03/2021
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.60(w) x 10.15(h) x 0.35(d)
Lexile:	AD270L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Michelle Robinson worked as an advertising copywriter for some of the world's biggest brands, before turning her attention to writing for children. She is the author of over forty picture books and lives in Canada.

Jez Tuya is an illustrator based in Wellington City, New Zealand's windy capital. He's been honing his craft and working as an illustrator for many years. Over time, he's worked for many clients in children's book publishing while occasionally dabbling in design work for animation.

Editorial Reviews

"A picture book for readers ages 3-7 with punchy rhymes by Michelle Robinson and comical pictures by Jez Tuya. This is one of those jolly read-alouds that will have children pointing to the pictures and chiming in."—The Wall Street Journal

"With digital art reminiscent of that of Richard Scarry’s Busy Town, this book offers little ones plenty to examine. . . . The rhythmic sentences ensure that youngsters will demand many readings of this book. . . . Transportation lovers will certainly enjoy the feast that is to be had with this rhyming work."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

01/28/2022

PreS-K—With digital art reminiscent of that of Richard Scarry's Busy Town, this book offers little ones plenty to examine. Anthropomorphic canine characters of all sizes and shapes drive the trucks. Most sentences are short and simple and end with "truck." "Stop, truck! Garbage truck. What a heap of muck, truck! Squeeze, truck! Crush, truck! Never in a rush truck." The rhythmic sentences ensure that youngsters will demand many readings of this book, and since it's a short book, they will probably memorize it, too. Trucks of all sizes and shapes, colors, and uses are shown. Vehicles pictured are doing jobs in the mud, lifting things, moving items, and transporting goods and even cows! Transportation lovers will certainly enjoy the feast that is to be had with this rhyming work. VERDICT A solid purchase for libraries where excellent chant-alongs are in demand. —Tracy Cronce

School Library Journal

2021-06-02
Dogs and trucks and things that go.

Gentle rhyming text and simple words introduce child readers to a wide variety of vehicles, all driven by anthropomorphic dogs. “Tug truck. Tow truck. / Steady as you go, truck!” But from early on, readers will note things are amiss. The driver of a tow truck fails to notice that the car they’re moving is losing its parts. Garbage trucks hold up traffic. A truck carrying a wide load (an enormous bone) is bashing barriers. Then, in a two-page spread of catastrophe, chaos escalates, with trucks crushing cars or causing some other calamity. Fortunately, by the story’s end, problems are solved, and a new “Fun Bark” has opened. It’s refreshing to see that, unlike a large swath of truck books, particularly those guided by animals, this one dares to dive deep into a magnificent fiasco. And for those adults that will be subjected to this book regularly, hidden details may make repeated viewings easier (example: The supervisor about to be buried in dirt on one page shows up later, still on the phone but covered in muck). The cast of characters remains consistent throughout, with some given eyelashes, presumably to indicate females. All told, these dogs will give young readers something to howl about.

A delight for the youngest of truck aficionados. Go, dogs. Go! (Picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews