Books for Preschoolers - My Truck Is Stuck

My Truck Is Stuck!
Written by Kevin Lewis
Illustrated by Daniel Kirk

From the Book

"Dump truck coming down the road. Dump truck hauling a great big load. Round and round, the wheels they roll. Round and round...into a hole!"

About the Book

My Truck Is Stuck is a story about two dogs who are hauling a truck full of dog bones through the desert. Along the way, their truck gets stuck in a big hole.

As vehicles (each progressively larger than the previous) of dogs comes along, the dump-truck-driving dogs plead for help to get their truck unstuck. Although they all stop to try to help, none are successful. Finally one of the dump-truck-driving dogs calls for a tow truck. When the tow truck driver arrives, he pulls the truck free. 

While all of this "heft-and-hauling" is going on, gophers are stealing the bones from the back of the dump truck! By the time the dump truck is freed from the hole and begin again on their way to "deliver their great big load", the dump truck is empty!

From the Correspondent - Stacey Lloyd

The very first thing I noticed about My Truck Is Stuck is the unbelievable illustrations. The notations on the inside cover state that the artwork for My Truck Is Stuck was "prepared using oil paint over sand and modeling paste on masonite". Beautifully done!

My Truck Is Stuck is a rhyming book, with comical illustrations and story. Not only is the book entertaining and fun to read, but it is also educational. As each vehicle comes along and attaches itself to the stuck dump truck, the story indicates how many vehicles are now pulling the dump truck. My Truck Is Stuck encourages helping others and sharing (of your dog bones!). 

My son and I give My Truck Is Stuck four out of four bone-stealing gophers!

Book Details

Title: My Truck Is Stuck
Reading level: Baby-Preschool
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Hyperion; 1st ed edition (September 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN: 078680534X

 

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