Trucky Roads

by Lulu Miller (Author) Hui Skipp (Illustrator)

Trucky Roads
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

The city is a busy place and home to many kinds of trucks in this "gloriously bright, inventive world on wheels" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) tale about all the trucks on the road--big, small, real and imagined!

Trucky Roads sees all kinds of trucks, and when he imagines the kinds of trucks that could be, there is no stopping him. From a cloud roller to a comet mixer, the sky is the limit when you dream!

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Kirkus

Starred Review

A gloriously bright, inventive world on wheels.

Publishers Weekly

Though "some people look at the road and just see TRUCKS," bearded enthusiast Trucky Roads sees "all KINDS of trucks" in this imaginative appreciation that muses on the vehicles' many modes. Early pages list commonplace variations (dump trucks, garbage trucks), but things grow increasingly outlandish after Roads muses, "If you can dream it, it could be." On the next spread, which introduces "Tow Trucks and Toe Trucks," Roads is seen in the cab of a tow truck pulling a foot-shaped vehicle wearing a Band-Aid. Amid the goofy assemblage, things turn contemplative: asked whether a Bus Truck is "a bus made of a truck, or a truck made of a bus," text indicates that "Truck is in the eye of the beholder." And the onset of nighttime suggests even dreamier opportunities for vehicle expansiveness. Punny narration from Miller and friendly-faced digital renderings by Skipp conjure a high-energy truck rally with far-out vibes. Human characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 4-8. (June)

Copyright 2024 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.

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Lulu Miller
Lulu Miller is the cohost of Radiolab, host of the kids podcast Terrestrials, and author of the bestselling book Why Fish Don't Exist.

Hui Skipp is an illustrator and artist born and raised in Taiwan who now lives in Vietnam. Hui graduated with a sculpture and fine arts degree. An avid traveler, Hui has resided in London, Taipei, Paris, and Lisbon. The colorful buildings, vintage furniture, and blue sky in Lisbon, the city she loves most, has influenced and inspired her colorful style.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781665919173
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Publication date
June 11, 2024
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV041030 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Cars & Trucks
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Imagination
Trucks

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