The Wheels on the Dump Truck

by Jeffrey Burton, Alison Brown (Illustrator)

Overview

From the author of the beloved Itsy Bitsy board book series comes a construction site adventure all about construction vehicles.

An action-packed yet adorable story, The Wheels on the Dump Truck is the third book in a new series that is perfect for parents and little ones who love things that go. Follow dump trucks, bulldozers, excavators, and more as cute animal workers build, build, build!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534442481
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	03/03/2020
Series:	The Wheels on the...
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	1 - 5 Years

About the Author

Jeffrey Burton has written several books for children. He lives in New York City with his family.

Alison Brown grew up in Bangor, Northern Ireland, and studied art at Manchester Metropolitan University, and Liverpool John Moores University, and Goldsmiths, University of London. Before becoming a full-time illustrator and writer, she taught English, worked in a bookshop, and designed holiday displays, among other things. She credits her love of comics and cartoons—particularly Peanuts by her hero Charles M. Schulz—for her path toward a career in picture books. Brown works with publishers around the UK, and her books have been published in many different languages. Find out more at AliScribble.com.

Editorial Reviews

2020-03-25
Construction work set to the rhythm of “The Wheels on the Bus.”

The bulldozer, excavator, and cement truck and their anthropomorphic animal operators are building a park in stages. The use of the beat of “The Wheels on the Bus” gives the book a familiar cadence that is sure to appeal to toddlers tuned in to the childhood classic. Though the book doesn’t invite or direct readers to sing the text, it’s hard not to. Only then does the text feel clumsy, as the opening line of the book breaks with the original’s cadence, and lines such as “the workers on the construction trucks” don’t bounce along the way readers’ ears will tell them they should. Brown’s illustrations are nicely detailed (a tiny blueprint with drawings!), and the diminutive bunnies, hedgehog, and fox are reminiscent of characters in Richard Scarry’s classic Busy Town Busy People (1976). The way that the finished park slowly comes together not only is true to the process, but also engages readers and encourages them to make predictions about what the animals are building. Though the words don’t dazzle, children will enjoy the dirt-covered construction vehicles.

Doesn’t dig up anything new, but built for toddler enjoyment. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)

Kirkus Reviews