Monster Trucks [Hardcover]

Mark Todd (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up

Truck-loving toddlers will delight in this big, bright, bold book all about trucks. Adults will chuckle as they discover not just the descriptive verse about the truck but that each truck has a personality. There is the milk truck, Senor Moo, and the Snow Plow, Mr. Salty, and don’t forget every little one’s favorite, Big Red, the fire truck. Included at the end of the book is a key to the 14 types of trucks with all sorts of interesting features and facts about each truck. Sure to impress old and young readers alike!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-Fourteen monster trucks are brought to life through giant cartoons that roar with personality and an enthusiastic text. Each bold spread introduces a different massive machine, such as a garbage truck named Stink ("Eating and crunching,/munching and slurping./Just don't be around/when this guy starts burping"); Mr. Salty the snowplow; and Suds, a "Slime-sucking sweeper." Bright, solid-colored backgrounds allow the vehicles to take center stage. Large eyes glare from headlights and windshields, while grills and bumpers grin and grimace as the machines dig and lift, haul and move. Children can learn interesting facts about all of these trucks on the final page, where each vehicle's size, speed, and special features are listed. A good choice for storytime and one-on-one sharing, this book will spend more time on the road than on the shelf.-Carolyn Janssen, Children's Learning Center of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

PreS. Though not as clever as Kate McMullan's I Stink (2002), this book about big vehicles will satisfy the same audience. Here, there's a wider range of vehicles: dirt dumpers, bulldozers, moving trucks, plows, and, of course, a garbage truck. All are personified, some with glaring eyes, others with razor sharp teeth, and they all sport names such as Chuck and Mr. Salty. All do their jobs with a ferocity that comes clear in the text: "Monster trucks! Monster trucks! / Slime-sucking sweeper trucks. / Snorting and scrubbing with a big bristly brush--cleaning the streets for the 9 o'clock rush." The bruisers are placed against pure, jelly-bean colored backgrounds that add a festive note to the serious business of hauling, moving, tugging, cleaning. Ilene Cooper
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; None edition (September 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 061818208X
• ISBN-13: 978-0618182084
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,163,405 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my 3yo son LOVED this book!!!, July 27, 2005

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Renee Theodore (Columbia, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monster Trucks (Hardcover)

funny... the review below is exactly my story. we also borrowed this book from the library, and after renewing it I decided we need to own a copy of the book. My son loves to hear this book over and over again, and has memorized the truck's names. Great book for any car and truck fan!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars That's "Monster" as in "Big", October 30, 2004

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This review is from: Monster Trucks (Hardcover)

True, the title doesn't refer to "Monster Trucks" as in the big, noisy truck rallies. But the trucks in the book are monstrous - as in very large. My son loves cars and trucks of all kinds, and absolutely fell in love with this book. He began to memorize it after only 3 or 4 readings. We had borrowed it from the library, and he misses it so much that I'm buying it today.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book fo any truck fan, November 26, 2011

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Ann Gentile (Springfeild, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monster Trucks (Hardcover)

I got this for my son when he was about 1 1/2. He loved reading it and we would do so repeatdetly each night. He still loves it more than a year later. I highly recomend it for anyone who is into trucks or vehicles of any kind.