Axel the Truck: Rocky Road

by J. D. Riley, Brandon Dorman (Illustrator)

Overview

Axel is a little truck with great big wheels. Axel loves to explore, have fun, go fast, and get dirty. The Axel books are ideal for children just learning to read, and feature fun art and an easy-to-read text that builds vocabulary, phonics skills, and the joy of reading.

Rocky Road is the second book about Axel, the little truck with great big wheels. Axel heads to the mountains and races, bumps, and speeds up and down rocky roads. He even races a mountain goat or two! When he gets muddy, Axel heads to the car wash before heading home. The Axel books offer a fast-paced and fun first reading experience for emergent readers and build comprehension and phonics skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062222329
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	09/24/2013
Series:	My First I Can Read Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

J. D. Riley lives in Ohio and is the author of several books about Axel the truck.

Brandon Dorman lives in Puyallup, Washington, and is the creator of Pirates of the Sea! and Santa's Stowaway, and the illustrator of Jack Prelutsky's Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face, as well as Halloween Night, by Marjorie Dennis Murray.

Editorial Reviews

Meet Axel, the bright red truck with monster-sized tires. Varoom, he is going out of town to a wide opened area where there are roads that he likes to bump, zoom, and climb. During his adventure, Axel catches a rock that is tumbling down the mountain and he brings it to the dump. After the story, enter the pages of Axel's garage where truck body parts and tools are labeled in a diagram. This story is part of the "I Can Read!" series of titles that focus on books to share with emergent readers. Along with the colorful pictures on every page, young children may enjoy the onomatopoeia and chime in during a read aloud experience. Some early readers may encounter some challenges with the vocabulary; however, their interest in reading about Axel the truck along with guidance may help to keep the early readers encouraged. There are other books about Axel the Truck for those children who want to continue with his adventures. Reviewer: Carrie Hane Hung

Children's Literature - Carrie Hane Hung

01/01/2014
PreS-Gr 1—Axel, a monster truck, takes center stage in this beginning reader. There are plenty of vrooms, zooms, bumps, and bangs as he ploughs through town, flies off mountain trails, collects rocks sailing through the air and delivers them to a dump, and fills up with gas before returning home. Cheerful cartoons capture the action throughout. Similar in spirit to "Jon Scieszka's Trucktown" series (S & S), these books will appeal to the same readership-newly independent readers who can't get enough of humanlike vehicles out for adventure. As an added bonus, back matter features an ample array of labeled truck parts and garage tools.—Gloria Koster, West School, New Canaan, CT

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