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Book Review
Little Blue Truck
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by Alice
Schertle
llustrated by
Jill McElmurry |
Ages 3–7.
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 whatever it
takes to get their pal back on the road.
Filled with truck sounds and animals noises, here is a rollicking
homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of
helping others.
All the animals happily greet Little Blue
Truck as it amiably trundles over hill and dale: "Toad
said, 'Croak!'/ and winked an eye/ when Little Blue
Truck/ went rolling by." No wonder, then, that the
obnoxious Dump Truck gets a cold shoulder when it goes
too fast ("I haven't got time to pass the day/ with
every duck along the way!") and gets stuck in the rural
muck. But when the selfless Little Blue Truck gets mired
while trying to help, all the animals rally 'round and
teach Dump Truck about neighborliness (the particularly
buff Toad implicitly offers a subsidiary lesson on the
value of working out). 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.
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 Omri receives several conventional gifts for his ninth birthday,
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