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★ "... A 28-page tour de force of a board book. . .it's pure gold." -- Kirkus , starred review
Whoop WHOOSH whoop WHOOSH click clack BUMP!
Bright and cheerful illustrations come together with a giggle-worthy variety of noises in this rhythmic tale of a garbage truck's day. The illustrations provide young children with a truckload of opportunities to practice counting 0-5 and to work on beginning inference skills. The story rolls to a gentle close, making it a perfect bedtime choice for little truck fans.
Author Notes
ASIA CITRO, M. Ed, is a former classroom science teacher with a Master's in Science Education. She is the author of 150+ Screen-Free Activities for Kids, The Curious Kid's Science Book, A Little Bit of Dirt, and the Zoey and Sassafras chapter book series. She is also the creator of the popular blog Fun at Home with Kids. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, The Chicago Tribune, Today, Disney Baby, MSN, King 5 TV, and Highlights, among others.
TROY CUMMINGS has written/illustrated a truckload of books, including THE NOTEBOOK OF DOOM, a series about a town full of monsters, and GIDDY-UP, DADDY!, the story of a man who's mistaken for a horse.He has also illustrated LITTLE RED GLIDING HOOD by Tara Lazar, MIGHTY TRUCK by Chris Barton, and MORE BEARS! by Kenn Nesbitt.In addition to books, Troy's illustrations have appeared on: animated backdrops for an opera, a package of fish sticks, jigsaw puzzles, iPad pop-up books, a poster warning people about germs, a poster warning people about a film festival, acookbook for dogs, a thing for the humane society, a card game about hiking, newspapers, magazines and greeting cards. Troy Cummings lives in Greencastle, Indiana with his nice family and mean cat. See more of Troy's work at www.troycummings.net .
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
If a garbage truck told a story, what might it sound like? Citro's titular character does just that, entirely with sound effects: "Rumble Rumble/ Shudder Shudder/ Rattle Rattle Vroom!" Cummings illustrates in thick, chalky lines, rendering the truck with googly headlight eyes and robotlike pincer arms. Along the way, the endearing truck meets other car, human, and animal characters and dutifully backs up to collect garbage from a pajama-clad man. A view of city blocks shows additional trucks making a commotion: "Whir! Bash! Zip! Flump! Slam! Whoosh! Zing!" Citro clearly knows his audience-in one scene, the garbage truck hunkers down, dumping trash from its rear ("Boop boop boop boop boop boop Whoosh!") before rattling off for a snooze in its garage. Ages up to 5. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
A 30-page tour de force of a board book that is even better than its title would suggest.Given a toddler's natural fascination for heavy equipment in general and for garbage trucks in particular, this volume could have offered far less and still been a hit. But, surprise, this cleverly written and lovingly rendered volume should prove an absolute delight for caregivers and tots alike. This onomatopoeic opus is ideal read-aloud fun, a slice-of-life snapshot of a garbage truck featuring all the signature sounds that alert tykes that the truck is nearby. It's still dark when the titular truck wakes to the "plip plop" of raindrops and then starts with a click, headlights on, ready for a creaking, clanging day of rubbish collection. The illustrations are charming and economical, imbuing the protagonist with huge amounts of personality with surprisingly few (satisfyingly thick) lines. The text is hand-lettered into each illustration; the volume of each "rumble" and "vroom" is conveyed calligraphically, by the relative sizes of the letters. The day of sanitation engineering is replete with drama and triumph, whether braking for ducklings or backing up ("beep beep beep!!!") to collect trash from a man who overslept ("AAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" is the one line of dialogue in the book). The smiling truck dumps its load from its aft end in a panel that could have come from a book on potty training and then heads home for the night.The book may be about garbage, but it's pure gold. (Board book. 1-5) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
