num_pages: 48
description: New York Times bestselling author/artist Loren Long creates an unforgettable children's classic. Otis is a special tractor. He loves his farmer and he loves to work. And he loves the little calf in the next stall whom he purrs to sleep with his soft motor. In fact the two become great friends: they play in the fields leap hay bales and play ring-around-the-rosy by Mud Pond.But when Otis is replaced with the big yellow tractor he is cast away behind the barn unused unnoticed . . . until the little calf gets stuck in Mud Pond. Then there is only one tractorand its not big or yellowwho can come to the rescue. It is little old Otis who saves his friend. It is Otis who saves the day.In a wonderful new palette and in the tradition of classics like Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Story of Ferdinand Loren Long has crafted an unforgettable new storyand charactercelebrating the power of friendship and perseverance.
language: English
title: Otis
publisher: Philomel Books