Thursday, February 13, 2014

Trucktown: Melvin's Valentine by Jon Scieszka - OPTIONAL

Scieszka, Jon  Trucktown: Melvin’s Valentine  Illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long and David Gordon  Simon Spotlight, 2009.  $16.99  EARLY READER Content: G.  

Melvin receives a Valentine card and goes around asking his friends if they gave it to him.  Everybody tells him that it wasn’t them, and then Rita comes up to him and thanks him for showing everyone the Valentine she gave him.  Melvin smiles and says he’s glad he showed everyone too.  

The appeal of this book is the simple and easy to read sentences.  The trucks and their animated faces help tell the story.  The story wasn’t very interesting, instead of being happy and excited about getting a Valentine, Melvin is worried and when he finally finds out it was Rita it is anti-climactic.
   
EL (K-3)-OPTIONAL.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.  

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