Sam Goes Trucking (Sandpiper) [Paperback]

Henry Horenstein (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0395549507 | ISBN-13: 978-0395549506 | Publication Date: October 1990

Sam spends a day in an eighteen-wheeler with his trucker father. "A photodocumentary with sure appeal for young browsers." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Young Sam spends a day with his trucker Dad in this entertaining photo-essay. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- Sam, who's about six, accompanies his trucker dad as he picks up and delivers fish from one New England point to another. Clear and usually unposed-looking color photographs show Dad and Sam checking the motor from underneath, hitching up the "reefer," cranking up the dolly wheels, or enjoying a diner break. Trucking terms such as CB "handles," truckers' nicknames of "gear jammers," "white line fever," a log, and a smokey are explained in context. The well-designed and spacious layout allows readers to talk about what's going on or what is pictured as exposition and dialogue don't try to tell them all. Readers a little past David Lyon's poetic The Biggest Truck (Lothrop, 1988) or Joe Mathieu's Big Joe's Trailer Truck (Random, 1974), will happily drive this book home. --Susan Hepler, Arlington Public Library, Va.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 38 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company (October 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395549507
• ISBN-13: 978-0395549506
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,719,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Henry Horenstein is a widely published and exhibited professional photographer and the author of more than two dozen books, including the classic texts Black & White Photography and Beyond Basic Photography, and monographs such as Honky Tonk, Animalia, Show, Close Relations, and Racing Days. Horenstein is professor of photography at the Rhode Island School of Design. You can see his work at www.horenstein.com.