Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of Christmas

Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of Christmas
Kurt Cyrus, Mark Lee
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NZ$ 32.99
Hardback
h287 x 248mm - 32pg
8 Sep 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781536212532
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Add a big dose of Christmas cheer to an array of trucks for counting and you have the components of read-aloud holiday magic. One doughnut truck, on a cold winter day, drives into town and parks and stays. The snowy town is filling up with a procession of trucks of all shapes and sizes, including a snowplow, a crane, a digger, a semitrailer transporting the town' s majestic Christmas tree, and even a flatbed carrying Santa' s sleigh. All in all, twenty trucks roll in full of sparkle and anticipation, ready to set up the holiday festivities. But when the star being hoisted to the top of the Christmas tree wobbles and crashes to the ground, what could possibly be used to replace it? Thankfully, a pair of siblings scan the scene and come up with the perfect solution. Author Mark Lee and illustrator Kurt Cyrus team up again for a buoyant story delivering satisfying rhymes, holiday spirit, and most importantly, twenty trucks for counting.
[A] lively picture book multitasking as a counting book, a truck book, and an ice-cream wish-fulfillment story. . . --The Horn Book It' s [Cyrus' s] portrayal of the trucks as solid machines momentarily sidelined from their essential duties, along with the evocation of a neighborhood brought together by a benign "Didja ever. . . " moment, that makes the book feel inspired. --Publishers Weekly Counting books in verse are plentiful, but this one stands out. The words roll off the tongue, a good thing, as children will demand to hear it again and again. --School Library Journal Not just a counting book, the rhyming text artfully tells a story, which climaxes when the clever young observer suggests a nifty way to get the trucks rolling again. . . . Good for storytimes and one-on-one sharing, this should delight even the most jaded of truck-book aficionados. --Booklist Online [H]andsome entertainment. This softly rhyming picture book presents children with a small but exciting dilemma that quickly involves--hurrah!--all sorts of trucks. --The Wall Street Journal The large format, bouncy rhyme and increasing mayhem all answer the energetic child' s desire for things to be big and loud. However, the book subtly focuses the attention, too, as its captivating illustrations invite careful "reading. " --Newsday
Mark Lee is a highly regarded poet, playwright, journalist, and author of novels for adults, including The Lost Tribe and The Canal House. He is also the author of the children' s book Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus. He lives in New York City. Kurt Cyrus is the author-illustrator of numerous picture books. He is also the illustrator of Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street by Mark Lee and other titles for such authors as Eve Bunting, Lisa Wheeler, and M. T. Anderson. He lives in Cottage Grove, Oregon.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781536212532
Published: 8 Sep 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Candlewick Press US
Publisher: Candlewick Press (US)
Format: Hardback
Height: 287mm
Width: 248mm
Weight: 567g
Pages: 32

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