Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! [Paperback]

Patricia Hubbell (Author), Megan Halsey (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up

Fast trucks, slow trucks, old trucks and new. For children who are fascinated by machines of transport, any sort of truck will do! Illustrated with mixed media collages, this simple rhyming story pays homage to every shape, size, and color of truck, while delighting in the jobs they perform and the ease with which they work.

--This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3-Hubbell's verse starts readers down a road that is sure to become a favorite route. "Old trucks. New trucks. Going-to-the-zoo trucks. Red trucks. Blue trucks. Bringing-toys-to-you trucks.- Trucks that RUMBLE, ROAR and shriek." These vehicles whiz and zoom through country and city, as varying fonts enhance the sounds with visual clues. And what a visual trip it is. Even the fastest truckers will slow down to enjoy the scenery and many creative detours. Halsey has combined old picture-dictionary images, clip art, etchings, original drawings, and road maps, and her vivid spreads will have readers rubbernecking for a better view. The collages are uncluttered, yet filled with details on every page. Perfectly matched to the text, the artwork adds subtle humor along the way. Especially clever are the truck drivers. The "heavy truck" is loaded with peanuts and driven by an elephant. Readers will immediately appreciate the stork steering the delivery truck filled with babies, and the black-and-white zebra behind the wheel of the WZEB News van. Even the author and artist make an appearance, trucking down this busy highway. Children will turn this book every which way searching for familiar roads and towns on the many background maps, and they'll want to retrace the rhythmic and scenic route again and again. It's a great trip!-Carolyn Janssen, Children's Learning Center of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition.

From Booklist

PreS-Gr. 1. Hubbell introduces young listeners to a wide variety of trucks, using succinct, cleverly written rhymed text. Children meet "old trucks. New trucks. Going-to-the-zoo trucks. Red trucks. Blue trucks. Bringing-toys-to-you trucks." Halsey's colorful collage artwork uses a combination of road maps, images cut from old picture dictionaries, clip art, and original drawings to enliven the words. She creates spreads that will dazzle the eye and amuse children able to catch her subtle humor: a stork, who advertises day or night deliveries, drives a truck filled with babies; an elephant operates a flatbed overflowing with boxes of peanuts; and a lightning bug drives an electrician's vehicle. Halsey also varies the perspective of her spreads; most move from left to right, but some require turning the book sideways, and one circles around the page. Only one small glitch: the penguin driving the snowplow should rename his company the Antarctic (not Arctic) Plow Co. A first pick for story hours; just make sure kids have plenty of time to peruse the details after the telling is done. Kay Weisman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books (September 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761453288
• ISBN-13: 978-0761453284
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Fiction

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gotta have kind of book, March 2, 2007

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J. Mackey "MommyMackey" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! (Paperback)

We borrowed this book and I Like Cats by P. Hubbell from our library. My children, 5 and 2, loved both. They loved them so much that I checked them out a second time. Finally I just ordered them. Now over a year latter they both still love these books. We have a lot of books but this book and the cat one are chosen for night time books about once a week. The writting is so fun and poetic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great truck book, May 5, 2004

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Erika Mitchell (E. Calais, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble (School & Library Binding)

This is a great truck book for those who can't get enough trucks. It contains a rhyming enumeration of a huge number of trucks that you might see on the road. The pictures are quite detailed, and show some rather interesting drivers. This book is not at all scary- -it makes a great bedtime book. It has about 250 words.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So charming! One of my son's favorites!, April 25, 2007

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This review is from: Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! (Paperback)

We took this out of the library many times before I finally bought my three-year old son his own copy. The illustrations are really charming, and the text is so fun to read. He studies the pictures and enjoys the rhymes each time we read it. Truly a new classic! A must for everyone who not only likes trucks, but loves to look at detailed, perfect illustrations!