Hope Vestergaard, a former early childhood teacher, is the author of several books for children. She lives with her husband and two sons, as well as cows, horses, pigs, and dogs, on a small farm outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan. David Slonim is an award-winning illustrator of many children's books, including The Deer Watch by Pat Lowery Collins. He lives with his wife, four kids, and a dog named Maggie in Indiana.
This book is intelligent and informative, with craft, rhythm, great
art, and entertainment.
--School Library Journal (starred review)
Adorable multiethnic children are the drivers of these 16
trucks--from construction equipment to city trucks, rescue vehicles
and a semi--easily standing in for readers, a point made very clear
on the final spread. Varying rhyme schemes and poem lengths help
keep readers' attention. ... While there are many rhyming truck
books out there, this stands out for being a collection of
poems.
--Kirkus Reviews Vestergaard (Potty Animals) offers 16 poetic
tributes to big machines and trucks that should prove deeply
satisfying to young connoisseurs and the grownups who read to them.
... Slonim's pictures are rendered in bright acrylics (fire engine
red and construction sign yellow prevail) and outlined in
appropriately rugged charcoal; their burly cuddliness skews the
pages toward younger imaginations.
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) [Youngsters] will be
captivated by the lively artwork. ... Fun for reading aloud,
especially one-on- one.
--Booklist [T]hese playful verses sing the praises of sixteen
trucks and the work they do. The lighthearted acrylic and charcoal
illustrations enhance the poems' humor and give their subjects
loads of personality. There's some refreshing gender equality, too,
as six of the trucks are female.
--The Horn Book Although Slonim's perky accompanying cartoon
illustrations play to a younger crowd, Vestergaard's careful
wordsmithery, precise terminology, and sly humor assure that the
poems themselves will be appreciated by even more sophisticated
listeners. ... Vestergaard changes up her rhyme and meter enough to
keeps things interesting, and the scansion is reliable enough to
coax even poetry-shy adults into trying a read aloud. Newly
independent readers might want to step up to the mic, too, and
share in the fun of a high-energy, clanging and banging poetry
performance.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books A charming set of
rhymes... This is a wonderful addition to the bookshelf of any kid
fascinated by big trucks. And who isn't?
--San Antonio Express-News
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