Customer Reviews

My Truck Is Stuck!

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4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

"Rotten Luck! My truck is stuck!"
Colorful & rhyming. Two dogs driving a loaded truck on a desert road, get driven into a hole! They ask travelers traveling in a car, Movers in a van & a school bus for help! but the truck wont go! Until the tow truck arrives to rescue the day. My 3 year old son just loves it. A must for your home library.

We LOVE this book. It is an account of a dump truck which gets stuck in a hole, and all the vehicles which try to get it out. The twist: the truck is driven by a dog and carries a load of bones. Praire dogs have dug the hole in order to steal the bones, which they procede to do as the driver and helper vehicles, and text, all focus on getting the truck out of the hole. So the truck eventually gets out but the bones are gone! The text rhymes, the pictures are fantastic, the story is funny (at least both myself, my husband, my 5 year old daughter who isn't even into trucks, and my 3 year old son think so)and of course it's full of trucks and cars. Guarenteed to delight toddlers and preschoolers who like things that go, and their parents.

This book is so funny. My 3 yr old has a good sense of humor and loves that this Truck got stuck in a pothole that is dug out by some very naughty ground hogs. Even funnier the truck is carrying bones. And as the truck driver stops several vehicles to help pull him out the naughty ground hogs are carrying away the bones. Finally, a tow truck arrives to save the day. "Help!!! My Truck is Stuck!". My husband loves reading this book to my son. Great illustrations and several colorful vehicles make this a great book for even a very young child.

Concerned that our two year old was never going to slow down to listen to a story, we ordered this book because it was about a subject near and dear to his heart...trucks. My husband and I were instantly impressed by the bold, colorful illustrations. We opened the book and started reading it and our son stopped what he was doing to come sit and listen and look. After only two readings, he repeats many of the rhyming lines as he flips through the book on his own and asks us to read the book every night now. This book has it all, rhyme, reinforcement of numbers, great pictures, a subject matter that is of special interest to most boys (though I think girls could love it too), and the neatest part is that the illustrations tell a story that the words do not point out. I love the fact that this allows you to talk with your child about why the truck got stuck. This is truly a neat book and I think Lewis and Kirk deserve an award for this one. Can't wait to get Chugga Chugga Choo Choo.

My son, almost 3 now, has been helping us read this book to him for most of the past year now. He loves to count the vehicles and pick out the details-like the dog blowing bubbles. It has been his favorite book since the day we got it. I recommend this book to anyone with a little boy who likes his trucks.

Why I hesitated on buying this book for my 20 month old is beyond me. The vibrant colors used on each and every page are worth the purchase alone. I didn't realize that the book would also teach counting from 1 to 5 since it takes several different vehicles to get the truck unstuck. It is sure to nuture the love of reading in your child and you won't mind reading it over and over either.

I got this book because we have Chugga Chugga Choo Choo! It has become one of my son's favorite. It is a fun book to read and my 3 year old son already had parts memorized by the first reading. You can help but enjoy reading this book aloud. It is a fun book for all ages.

This is a very cute book. My 2 year old son loves it and we read it just about every night. It has wonderful pictures that keep his attention and the story that little boys find exciting - My truck is stuck!

My 3 year old received this book as a gift for Christmas and already (in just 3 weeks) has it memorized! The delightful rhyme and pattern of the book have made it pure pleasure to read, and since we read it many times a day, that's a must. We love the colorful pictures and the inclusion of so many vehicles. That makes it a hit for our truck loving boy. The counting (even though just to 5) is good reinforcement. The hidden story in the pictures has been fun to discuss and adds humor. The underlying plot they create are another way/perspective for us to tell the story. Very clever.

If you are looking for books for your boy toddler's library -- ANYTHING by Kevin Lewis is a hit. We have worn these books out -- LITERALLY! We can recite them from memory and they are taped together just so we can read them once again. Brilliant -- they hit the heart of my little boy! I have to admit that I hide My Truck is Stuck and Tugga Tugga Tugboat, just so I won't have to read them 52 times a day.