Jon Scieszka, Loren Long, David Shannon
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welcome To Jon Scieszka's Trucktown, A Brand-new Preschool/kindergarten Series That Will Come In More Shapes, Sizes, And Formats Than You Can Shake A
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Bumper At. It's A World Where All The Characters Are Trucks, All The Stories Are Action Driven, And Boys And Girls Can Imagine Themselves In All Their Crazy, Loud, Funny, Creative, Excited, Full-throttle Glory! It's A World Where We Work At Play, And We Play At Work...and No One's Afraid To Get Dirty Or Be Loud! And It All Kicks Off With smash! Crash! Best Friends Jack And Dan Are Spending Their Day Doing What They Do Best - Smashing And Crashing! All The While A Strange Shadow Is Following Them Around Every Corner...who Is This New Addition To Trucktown? What Does She Want? Rhythmic, Rollicking Text Will Get Kids' Motors Running And Horns Honking With Each Refrain! This Is A Book That Begs To Be Read Again And Again!
the Barnes & Noble Review
almost 20 Years Ago, Jon Scieszka (rhymes With Fresca) Introduced Children To The Unreliable Narrator In the True Story Of The Three Pigs By A. Wolf. If You Recall, The Wolf Was Framed -- He Didn't Kill Those Pigs, It Was An Accident! Scieszka Brought Satire, Irony, And Smelly Cheese To A Whole Generation In Books Like the Time Warp Trio Series And squids Will Be Squids.
If That Wasn't Enough, In January 2008, Librarian Of Congress James H. Billington Appointed Scieszka The First National Ambassador For Young People's Literature. The Position Was Created To Raise National Awareness Of The Importance Of Young People's Literature As It Relates To Lifelong Literacy, Education, And The Development And Betterment Of The Lives Of Young People. A Heavy Charge, But As His Latest Work For Kids Shows, Scieszka's Sly Approach To Young People's Literature Carries Exactly The Right Message: It's Play Time.
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