Thursday, March 20, 2014

Big Rig by Jamie Swenson - ADVISABLE

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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