I'm a Truck Driver (Christy Ottaviano Books)
PreSchool-K This is a wonderful picture book about trucks, from power shovels to street sweepers and more. On every other spread, a girl and a boy take turns driving each of the vehicles. The trucks are described in rhyming couplets those that the boy operates feature onomatopoeia, making this book a must for storytimes and read-alouds. I'm a BULLDOZER operator./Growl, grumble, broom!/I'm a big earth mover./Growl, grumble, broom!The alternating voices of the children help to enhance the rhythm and rhyme of the story and present a great opportunity for a reader's theater or dual-storyteller presentation. The acrylic illustrations are vibrant, cartoonlike, and friendly. In addition, the girl's pages feature a cat and the boy's, a dog. Children will quickly pick up on this pattern, and they will search out the animals. With expressive faces on the trucks, the pictures will draw young audiences into the story, reminding them ofJon Scieszka's Truck Town(S & S, 2008).Lora Van Marel, Orland Park Public Library, ILCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.