Your Truck
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
From Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen comes the first board book in the Your Things series for the youngest of children. This is your truck. It is yours to have. Your truck is red, but it could be other colors too. It can carry things around, like a chair and table, a dog, or a horse. It will wait for you until you tell it to go, then it will go wherever you want, as far as you want, whenever you want. At the end of the day it will sleep, and you can sleep, too. Jon Klassen brings his minimalist’s touch to a soothing story of a simple object that a child can command and befriend, one that is there whenever the child chooses to visit it. Building on the quiet but evocative world he created in Your Farm, Your Forest, and Your Island, Jon Klassen invites young children to consider more things that are theirs and theirs alone, reinforcing that they have a right to things like solitude, exploration, and companionship.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A red pickup truck prompts reader empowerment in Klassen's standout board book series starter, which expands upon his Your Places series. Following an opening nameplate that encourages personalization ("This is a book about _____'s truck"), direct, steady-paced second-person narration reveals, "This is your truck./ It is yours to have." Following lines suggest other possibilities for the object, including alternate hues ("It is a red truck./ There could be other colors, too, though") and a range of items that the vehicle might haul around ("You can carry a chair and a table.// Or a dog./ Or a horse"). Proposing a dog "for now," assuring prose then widens philosophically outward, meaningfully emphasizing the child's autonomy: "I know it's not going fast/ right now./ It is waiting for you./ But when you say to go fast,/ it will go fast.// When you are ready to go,/ your truck will go/ and go and go." Stamp-like illustrations whose figures sport the creator's signature side-eye center attention on the vehicle and canine, supporting the concept of readerly control before text gently pivots, winding down into a bedtime sequence that sees the vehicle's and dog's eyes becoming droopy and the artwork's creamy background transitioning toward a deep sea green. Minimalism motors toward an expansive experience in this smart work that puts youngest readers in the driver's seat. Ages 2–5.
