Tough Trucks (Amazing Machines Series)

by Tony Mitton, Ant Parker

Overview

Amazing Machines: Tough Trucks follows Rabbit, Bird, and Mouse as they discover all kinds of trucks in a bright and bold rhyming picture book! Each page is filled with vehicles that machine-mad kids will love: lumbering tractor-trailers, dump trucks, tankers, and monster trucks galore!

From electric cars to powerful rockets, the internationally bestselling Amazing Machines series is the perfect way for children to learn about all sorts of machines and vehicles! Each book introduces a new vehicle or machine and the many jobs it can do. Ant Parker's bright, engaging artwork and Tony Mitton's simple, rhyming text combine to make these fantastic books for young children.

Kids will love getting to know the friendly animal characters who feature throughout the series and reading about their fast-paced adventures! Continue to explore all things that go with the rest of the Amazing Machines series, including Roaring Rockets, Patrolling Police Cars, and Amazing Airplanes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780753473979
Publisher:	Kingfisher
Publication date:	04/10/2018
Series:	Amazing Machines Series
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 6.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD590L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Tony Mitton is the author of the bestselling Amazing Machines picture books. A popular children's author, his poetry book The Red and White Spotted Handkerchief was the winner of the 2000 Smarties Prize in the U.K. He has written a number of picture books including Bumpus Jumpus Dinosaurumpus and Down By the Cool of the Pool. His other titles include collections of poetry for older children.

Ant Parker is the illustrator of the bestselling Amazing Machines picture books. He studied drawing and printing at the Bath Academy of Art in England and has taught papermaking, printing, and bookbinding workshops for children. Toddlers and parents around the globe have discovered the irresistible appeal of his engaging characters in Amazing Airplanes, Flashing Fire Engines, Terrific Trains, Dazzling Diggers, and RoaringRockets. Other picture books illustrated by Ant include Charlie the Chicken and Desmond the Dog.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-Rhyming texts and busy cartoon art introduce these vehicles. A tanker, concrete mixer, garbage truck, and big rig are highlighted in Trucks. Parts such as pistons, a cab, CB radio, and semitrailer are mentioned in the text and depicted on a concluding labeled picture. Unfortunately, the illustrations don't always show the complete vehicle; only parts are shown at a time. Tractors provides solid information on farm equipment. Children learn that a tractor pulls a plow, harrow, roller, seed drill, mower, baler, combine, and trailer and see the roles that these pieces of equipment play on a farm field. Tractors are shown in their entirety, which makes the pictures appear less cluttered and better suited for toddler/preschool audiences. Both books feature the same animal characters-a bird, what appears to be a rabbit or dog, and a mouse-and they all have the same expressionless faces (a smile illustrated with a single black line). The rhymes are not exceptional, and the pictures are mediocre.-Olga R. Kuharets, Broward County Libraries, Fort Lauderdale, FL Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

The set should be just the ticket for the nursery school market.” —Children's Literature

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