Three Grumpy Trucks
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Trucks need a time-out in this picture book about emotions written by Todd Tarpley (Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! and Ten Tiny Toes) and illustrated by bestselling artist Guy Parker-Rees (Giraffes Can't Dance).
Whirr! Whomp! Grind! Chomp! Three toy trucks have big plans for their day at the playground: digging and lifting, building and shifting. But then they start to get tired . . . and hot . . . and hungry . . . . They're GRUMPY! When they throw a total truck tantrum, will anyone be able to calm them down?
Kids (and parents) may just recognize themselves in this entertaining take on getting grouchy, and getting over it. The lighthearted, rhythmic text will have young readers chanting along, and the bright and buoyant illustrations of the trucks' looming meltdown will keep them giggling!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Three toy trucks are having a marvelous time at the playground, giving their all to a build. "Hours later," they're clearly hot and tired, and their owner, a young girl, says it's time to go. In response, they delay ("Five more minutes! Let us stay! /Okay? Okay? OKAY?") and delay, then have a collective meltdown ("They made an awful screeching sound./ They banged their bumpers on the ground") and collapse into an exhausted, messy pile as children look on in dismay. Art may imitate life, but Tarpley (My Grandma's a Ninja) and Parker-Rees (Giraffes Can't Dance) aren't here to say "gotcha." They're sympathetic to the toys and their owner, and show that with patience (the girl never loses her temper) and unconditional love (she hugs the trucks, cleans them up, and puts them to bed), the trucks will live to dig another day. The bright multimedia illustrations contain just enough of a sketchbook looseness to feel composed on the spot, while the rhyming text has the authentic ring of both a real-life tantrum and pretend construction: "WHOMMMMPPPP!" Ages 4 8.
