Jon Scieszka is the author of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, the Time Warp Trio series, The Stinky Cheese Man, and a truckload of other books that inspire kids to want to read. His work as an elementary school teacher and as founder of a literacy initiative for boys (guysread.com) drove him to create Trucktown, a crazy, fun action series for the youngest readers.

These three award-winning, bestselling artists -- and part-time grease monkeys -- worked overtime to help Jon Scieszka create Trucktown. They drew, they painted, and they combined their distinct visual styles (and even wore matching coveralls) to bring the Trucktown world to life.

Loren Long has received two gold medals from the Society of Illustrators. His first picture book, Angela Johnson's I Dream of Trains, won the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' Golden Kite Award for illustrations. His interpretation of Walt Whitman's When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer won a Golden Kite Honor. He is the illustrator of Madonna's #1 New York Times bestseller Mr. Peabody's Apples and a new edition of Watty Piper's The Little Engine That Could. Loren lives in West Chester, Ohio, with his wife, Tracy, and two young sons, Griffith and Graham.

These three award-winning, bestselling artists -- and part-time grease monkeys -- worked overtime to help Jon Scieszka create Trucktown. They drew, they painted, and they combined their distinct visual styles (and even wore matching coveralls) to bring the Trucktown world to life.