On the Move! (Jon Scieszka's Trucktown Series)

by Michael Teitelbaum, David Shannon (Illustrator), Loren Long (Illustrator), David Gordon (Illustrator)

Overview

Rita, Dan, Max and Ted are on the move in Trucktown! Kids will have hands-on fun with a movable part on each spread! Swing Wrecker Rosie's wrecking ball, spin Monster Truck Max's wheel, dump gravel from Dump Truck Dan's bed, and move Tow Truck Ted's hook up and down as he saves a good friend!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416941781
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	01/06/2009
Series:	Jon Scieszka's Trucktown Series
Pages:	10
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

David Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award winning picture books including Duck on a Bike, the Caldecott Honor Book No David!, How I Learned to be a Pirate, and Good Boy Fergus. He is also one of the collaborative illustrators in Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown series. David lives with his wife and his daughter in Los Angeles.

Loren Long illustrated President Barack Obama’s Of Thee I Sing; the newest version of The Little Engine that Could; Madonna’s second picture book, Mr. Peabody’s Apples; Nightsong by Ari Berk; and the Barnstormers series. He also illustrated Frank McCourt’s Angela and the Baby Jesus and is part of the Design Garage for Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown series. Loren’s work has appeared in Time, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. He lives with his wife and two sons in Westchester, Ohio. Visit him at LorenLong.com.

David Gordon has done visual development for numerous production companies from Lucasfilm to Pixar, including Toy Story; Monsters, Inc.; A Bug’s Life; Cars; BlueSky’s Robots; and Nickelodeon’s Spongebob Squarepants. He’s also written and illustrated several picture books, among them Hansel and Diesel, The Three Little Rigs, The Ugly Truckling, and Smitten. He’s one of the illustrators of Jon Scieszka’s fifty-two-book, New York Times bestselling series, Trucktown. Visit him at IllustratorRanch.com.

Editorial Reviews

This hands-on, interactive, ten-page board book will be an instant hit with young readers who like trucks and transportation. Cleverly designed and created with colorful illustrations of each different type of truck, the trucks come to life and engage the reader immediately. The whimsical illustrations convey each truck's special and unique personality, helping children to understand the job of each truck. For example, Dump Truck Dan wiggles as he dumps his heavy load, Tow Truck Ted is always eager to help, and Wrecker Rosie swings her wrecking ball with strength and determination. Three award winning artists—David Shannon, Loren Long, and David Gordon—collaborated to create the wonderful illustrations and interesting moveable parts on each page of this book. Not only will young readers enjoy manipulating the cleverly designed moveable parts, but they will also learn additional information while reading this delightful book and they will cement their understanding of the text. Trucktown comes to life because of the distinct visual style of this appealing hands-on book. Young readers will want to read it again and again. Children who enjoy this book will also enjoy the other books in the "truck-town" series and they will enjoy going to the website which is noted on the back cover to find more fun and games about these wonderful trucks and their unique jobs. This book will be an absolute favorite with young truck lovers! Reviewer: Susan Borges

Children's Literature - Susan Borges