Swenson, Jamie A. Big
Rig Illustrated by Ned Young Disney Hyperion, 2014. $16.99
PICTURE BOOK Content: G.
Frankie is an eighteen-wheeler and he invites
the reader to join him while he carries his cargo. He points out the different parts of his
truck, such as his eighteen wheels, his big horn and his Jake brakes. Frankie picks up the cargo, drives through
inclement weather and has a blowout that the service truck repairs, but he
finally reaches his destination and unloads his cargo at a dinosaur park.
Big Rig has great bright illustrations and
fun ways of introducing the reader to semi-trucks. This is a great boy book which encourages the
reader to make sound effects while reading it.
The only part that is a bit confusing is when the truck blows his tire,
he says “Alligators everywhere”, referring to the parts of his rubber tires
that have come off in the road, and until I got to the end of the book with the
definitions I didn’t understand what he was talking about. Young readers that love trucks will love this
book.
EL (K-3)-ADVISABLE. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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