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Little Blue Truck board book Board book – Picture Book, July 7, 2015

by Alice Schertle (Author), Jill McElmurry (Illustrator)

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Part of: Little Blue Truck (9 books)

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Beep! Beep! Beep! Meet Blue. A muddy country road is no match for this little pick up--that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck. Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to do whatever it takes to get their pal back on the road.
With a text full of truck sounds and animal noises to read aloud, here is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others. Includes a downloadable party kit for even more fun!

Reading age

1 - 3 years
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Part of series

Little Blue Truck
Length

30
Pages
Language

EN
English
Dimensions

7.5 x 0.8 x 6.8
inches
Publisher

Clarion Books
Publication date

2015
July 7
ISBN-10

9780544568037
ISBN-13

978-0544568037
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	Little Blue Truck's Springtime	Little Blue Truck's Halloween	Little Blue Truck's Christmas	Little Blue Truck's Valentine	Little Blue Truck
Beep! Beep! Beep! Read all the books featuring Little Blue Truck!	Open the flaps to meet all of the sweet baby animals just born on the farm. Peep! Peep!	Lift the flaps in this large, sturdy board book to find out who’s dressed up in each costume! Will Blue wear a costume too?	Celebrate Christmas with Little Blue Truck in a light-up novelty book that's the perfect gift for the holiday season.	With brightly colored foil accents throughout and a large gatefold at the end, this book is the perfect Valentine's Day gift.	Filled with truck sounds and animals noises, here is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others.


	Little Blue Truck Leads the Way	Good Night, Little Blue Truck	Time For School, Little Blue Truck	What Do You say, Little Blue Truck?	Little Blue Truck's Beep-Along Book
	Brimming with bright colors, sounds, and city energy, this adventure makes working together and taking turns more fun than ever.	Say good night with Little Blue Truck and friends as they prepare for bed.	Ride along to school with the Little Blue Truck and meet Blue’s new friend: a bright yellow school bus.	Get ready to moo, baa, and beep with Little Blue Truck in this interactive sound book.	Colorful illustrations, bouncy rhyme, and a cuddly truck with built-in squeaker make this a perfect interactive choice for play time and story time.

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"Schertle's (All You Need for a Beach) rhyming stanzas are succinct, and she gives readers plenty of opportunities to chime in with animal and vehicle noises; colored, standout fonts highlight these sounds for extra effect. McElmurry's (Mad About Plaid) gouaches recall the heyday of Golden Books in their combination of vividness, naïveté and sweetness, and her rich palette achieves verisimilitude that is no less satisfying for being nostalgic." --Publishers Weekly, starred review (4/28/08)

About the Author

Alice Schertle is a poet and author of many well-loved books for children, including the beloved, #1 New York Times best-selling Little Blue Truck series,Very Hairy Bear, Button Up!, and All You Need for a Snowman. She lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.

Jill McElmurry was the illustrator of many picture books, including her own Mad About Plaid, When Otis Courted Mama by Kathi Appelt and the best-selling Little Blue Truck series, written by Alice Schertle. She happily divided her time between the wide landscape of New Mexico and a green island in Minnesota. Jill passed away in August 2017.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0544568036
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books; Brdbk edition (July 7, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Board book ‏ : ‎ 30 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780544568037
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0544568037
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 - 3 years, from customers
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.78 x 6.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #74,487 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #265 in Children's Farm Animal Books (Books)
- #380 in Children's Cars & Trucks Books (Books)
- #4,065 in Reference (Books)

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Alice Schertle
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Alice Schertle has written many well-loved books for children, including Little Blue Truck, Little Blue Truck Leads the Way, and All You Need for a Snowman. She lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.
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Jill McElmurry
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The first books I remember loving are "Harold and the Purple Crayon" by Crockett Johnson and "Animal Fair" by Alice and Martin Provensen. I also loved "Ferdinand" by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson and "What Do You Say, Dear?" by Sesyle Joslin and Maurice Sendak. Later on I loved "Homer Price and the Donut Machine", "Alice in Wonderland", "Grimm's Fairy Tales", and one about bread dough that keeps rising and rising, I wish I could remember the name of it.
I've lived in big towns and small towns, in mountains and valleys, beside the ocean and across the ocean, and now I live in Taos, New Mexico in a house with big windows that look out on mountains and sagebrush. My husband, our dog, Harry, and I take a lot of long walks in the desert.We spend the Summer in a tiny cabin on a tiny island in a big lake in northern Minnesota. We've named the island Good Dog Island in honor of all the good dogs we've known.
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Judy

Terrific story.

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2023

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I am a retired school teacher and this is one of the best children’s books I have seen. Many important lessons in the story.

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2023

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Great book for my grandson! He loved it.

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2017

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I can not say enough good things about this book and artist. The narrative is told in a rhythm of rhymes bringing the reader through a rural area learning about kindness. The Little Blue Truck teaches children about the importance of being kind and how one act of kindness can cause a rippling effect among those around you. We love to talk about the animals and their sounds as we look at the beautiful illustrations which light up every page of this book. There are pages that I just am amazed by the paintings and how lively they are. My child enjoys hearing me read this story often and I do too. Great message. The book is made with a thick cardboard making it difficult to bend or be ruined by young children learning about books for the first time. It's a great size too. We like to throw it in the back pack or in our over night bag when going out of town.

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Kiddowrangler

Fan favorite

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2022

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This book is a fan favorite in our house. It’s super cute and sweet, and so simple and short. Perfect bed time story.

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E. McGrady

What's the Attraction??? WOW!

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2019

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Every little boy needs this book! I went to Germany to visit and meet my 3 month old. My daughter in law said that he loved the book I gave for his baby shower. So I read it to him, again and again and again. I've never seen a 3 month old react like he did! He couldn't wait to hear the story!! Is it the clever assortment of vowels used? Is it the bright colors on the pages? He seemed to be looking at the Little Blue Truck in his eyes on each page. The results were incredible!! I'm here to buy the Halloween version for him. How can this book be so perfect???

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Gregory Kelly

Best Board Book I've read!!!

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2016

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I can't even explain how awesome this book is. Not only does it teach a good lesson to your child, it is tremendously fun to read. The challenge is to read it without singing it. With no music (obviously) and no song to model after, I can guarantee that you will be singing to the exact rhythm that is supposed to be used!

In not the only one in love with this book though. My 14 month old son is a huge fan! I have been reading this book to him regularly since he was about 4 or 5 months old. I expect to continue reading it for at least another 2-3 years! The only things that might get in the way of that are the many sequels for this book.

This is am absolute must have for a child's book collection! You will get at least 4 or 5 years out of this one book!

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Jeffrey J.

Family Favorite

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2016

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Excellent book. The rhythm is fun and easy to read aloud, the illustrations are attractive to look at and have lots of detail to go into with preschoolers (can you point out the sheep? how many toads are there? etc.), it has a plot line (a must for books you read over and over and over and over again) and the material is sturdy. Our son isn't quite old enough to gnaw on the pages yet, but we're spilled things on it and it's been shoved in and out of diaper bags and is holding up very well so far. I enjoy the larger size as it's easier to hold aloft to read to infants that are laying down while still being able to see the words. This is already a family favorite and I anticipate many years of readings ahead. The truck must swear like a sailor though; they had to beep out the entirety of his dialogue!

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Jessie K

Love this book!

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2020

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And my son likes it a lot too lol. The pictures are artfully done, the rhyming, rhythm & flow all work together to make it an easy read, the moral of the story is great and I like that the book itself has character (ex: "...big important wheels got stuck.")

I only bought it because a lot of people in a toddler group I'm in had recommended it (I wasn't familiar with it before I ordered it), but I'm really glad that I took their suggestion because this is one of the few books by son has that I don't mind reading multiple times a day.

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Margo 011

The one you'll love!

Reviewed in Mexico on August 6, 2017

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I just love this book, as well as my 3 years old kid. The illustrations are awsome, and the story is a great lesson on the importance of friendship, kindness and teamwork, just what every child needs. I fully recommend it!

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Enjoy the BEEP BEEP BEEP of Little Blue Truck and HONK of the Big Dump Truck

Reviewed in India on October 3, 2020

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I first got this book for my son when he was about 15 months old and he did not have the patience for me to read through so many sentences of the book.

My son turned out to be a big fan of vehicles and I decided to try this book again when he was about 30 months old. This time the book instantly hit a cord with him. His eyes shine up the moment I turn the page and dump truck appears and he shouts histerically 'HONK'. He loves how the BIG dump truck comes through and has big important things to do. My son and me speak each sentence with heavy voice to give that air of importance to the dump truck.

Then when the important truck gets stuck, my toddler says 'Oh Oh, the truck is stuck- what can we do now'. He loves how LITTLE blue truck comes to help the BIG dump truck and how everybody hears little blue's BEEP BEEP BEEP. He loves repeating 'A lot depends on a helping hand from a few good friends'.

In fact in these two months, he had made me read the book zillions of times and now he knows each sentence by heart. So many times, I have seen him reciting the entire book to himself like a poem and jumping with euphoria. Even when we go for a walk he pretends to be dump truck that gets stuck in every tiny puddle of the road and I become little blue truck who has to push with all its might.

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MRSJCG

Amazing!

Reviewed in Spain on August 12, 2020

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My son loves this book - actually every LBT book but this in particular is what what made him fall in love with this series.

Sara

Un libro che non può mancare nella vostra libreria

Reviewed in Italy on August 9, 2020

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Libro davvero molto bello che con semplicità e allegria tratta temi interessanti come la gentilezza e l'amicizia.
Lo consiglio vivamente! Noi lo leggiamo alla nostra bimba di due anni e mezzo e lo ascolta volentieri anche la piccola di nove mesi.

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Mucho mejor en inglés que en español

Reviewed in Mexico on June 22, 2017

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Es perfecto el tamaño, los colores, la historia y las ilustraciones. Qué bueno que compré la versión en inglés porque son mejores las rimas que la versión en español.

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