Little Blue Truck by Schertle, Alice

Beep! Beep! Meet Blue! Filled with truck sounds and animal noises, Little Blue Truck is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others.

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.

Little Blue Truck is a joyful cacophony of animal and truck sounds that will have youngsters beeping and quacking--and begging for one more go-round!

Along the way, readers see that it pays to be kind to our animal friends. If we show a friendly respect to others, we're more likely to get help when we're, say, stuck in the muck in a truck!

Author: Alice Schertle
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.33h x 10.07w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780152056612
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 120555 / Little Blue Truck

Award: Ladybug Picture Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2008 pg. 370
Publishers Weekly 04/28/2008 pg. 137
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2008 pg. 299
Booklist 04/01/2008 pg. 55
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2008 pg. 442 - Recommended
School Library Journal 07/01/2008 pg. 81
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 286 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 02/01/2013

About the Author
ALICE SCHERTLE is an award-winning poet whose much-loved books for children include All You Need for a Beach and All You Need for a Snowman. She lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.
JILL MCELMURRY is the celebrated illustrator of Our Nest by Reeve Lindbergh as well as her own Mad About Plaid and I'm NOT a Baby! She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.