Snow Trucking! (Ready-to-Read. Level 1) (Paperback)

~ (Author), David Gordon (Illustrator), Loren Long (Illustrator), David Shannon (Illustrator)

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PreSchool-Grade 1—"Monday. Snow. Tuesday. Snow. Wednesday. 'Snow day?' asks Jack." The red flatbed truck and his big-wheeled buddies roll out to play and clear the streets in this energetic story. The anthropomorphic vehicles skate and slide, making a snow truck and throwing snowballs. After all their fun, the streets are clean and they are ready to return to their garages. The vocabulary is appropriately limited and repetitive, and the dynamic illustrations capture youngsters' attention and encourage independent reading. Sure to be popular with truck lovers, this title is a good addition to beginning-reader collections.—Linda Staskus, Parma Regional Library, OH
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Product Description

What happens when Trucktown has a snow day? It's time for Jack and the gang to have some seriously frosty fun and clear the streets while they're at it!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (September 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416941401
• ISBN-13: 978-1416941408
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,380 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The story is fun and lively and the zany illustrations are sure to appeal to truck lovers!, June 6, 2009

By	D. Fowler "Dragonfly77" (Vermont) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

It's snowing on Tuesday. The streets and the Quonset hut have a light snow covering. On Wednesday Jack peeks out of the hut. "Snow day? He asks hopefully. The trucks inside the hut are anxious to go and are waiting for the radio to beep and signal that it is time to move out. All of a sudden Ted's radio comes alive and starts to beep. "Snow day!" The trucks are all excited and ready to roll!

Jack, Max, Gabby, Kat, Melvin, Pete and even Izzy are out on the streets preparing to clear the snow. Izzy is an ice cream truck and Jack says to him "not on a snow day," but all the rest are out to do their jobs. "Ready? Set? Snow day!" They are going to clear the streets. They skate and slide as if they are playing hockey. Melvin, the cement mixer, makes a snow truck and Big Rig mows it down. They even have a snowball fight. It's all in a day's work and they keep working. "We cleared ALL the streets."

This is a Level 1, "Starting to Read" book. The story is fun and lively and the zany illustrations are sure to appeal to truck lovers, especially those who love to watch the plows go by on a snowy day. It would even have great appeal to the emergent reader as the visuals tell this lively story almost as well as the words do. If you're having a snow day in your town this is the perfect book to read until you can get to school again!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book for Active Young Children, August 17, 2009

By	Lillis W. Raboin "Grannie" (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My grandson (age three) couldn't get enough of this book. His big sister (age 6) loved reading it with him.