Traffic Pups

by Michelle Meadows, Dan Andreasen (Illustrator)

Overview

The traffic pups are on a mission to keep the roads safe for all their friends. From stopping speeders to directing traffic in a parade, these pups have it under control! Michelle Meadows and Dan Andreasen zoom by to deliver a speedy, sweet tale of fearless pups.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442435568
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	07/12/2011
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	119 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Michelle Meadows is the author of Itsy Bitsy Baby Mouse, Traffic Pups, Pilot Pups, Piggies in the Kitchen, Piggies in Pajamas, Hibernation Station, and The Way the Storm Stops. She lives near the beach in Delaware.

Dan Andreasen is the illustrator of numerous picture books, including By the Dawn’s Early Light: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner by Steven Kroll, which was named an ABA Kids’ Pick of the Lists and a Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies; A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood; and Sailor Boy Jig by Margaret Wise Brown. He has also authored several picture books, including With a Little Help from Daddy and A Special Day for Mommy. Dan lives with his family in Medina, Ohio.

Editorial Reviews

A menagerie of small stuffed animals comes to life in a little boy's room, with three diminutive dogs turning into traffic police officers on motorcycles.

Other little animals drive cars around the room, illustrating common traffic mishaps. The canine cops patrol pretend roadways around the bedroom, giving out traffic tickets to a speeding mouse and toad, cautioning a goose who runs a red light and sorting out a collision between a bear and a pig. The short, punchy text written in rhyming couplets uses just a few words per page to describe the traffic flow, with lots of action words and concluding exclamation marks revving up the plot. The illustrations, in oil paint on cotton canvas, have a dreamy quality, with muted hues and a mottled effect in the solid backgrounds. Though this complements the imaginary nature of the premise, it's an odd contrast with the pithiness of the text, which calls out for vibrant primary colors. In a clever conclusion, the final page shows the toy vehicles parked on the floor around the bed, with the animals seated in rows with innocent faces. The little boy who owns the toys wears a puzzled expression—he'd left the cars in a shopping bag in the story's opening illustration.

Preschoolers who like to act out imaginary dramas with toy cars and trucks will enjoy these petite pretend police dogs. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews