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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!
About the Author
Lulu Miller is the cohost of Radiolab, host of the kids podcast Terrestrials, and author of the bestselling book Why Fish Don’t Exist.
About the Illustrator
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.
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"If you can dream it, it could be," says Trucky Roads, a brown-skinned man with a curly, full beard who wears a pink cap, sunglasses, and a bohemian outfit. While "some people look at the road and just see TRUCKS," if you ask Trucky Roads, "you can see there are all KINDS of trucks." Which KINDS of vehicles? Well, there are industrious garbage trucks, helpful dump trucks, and hurrying fire trucks. There are also Earth Trucks, Wind Trucks, Water Trucks and a tow truck towing a Toe Truck, which sports a full foot of pink toes in place of a grill. "And that's just while awake," Trucky says as he leads readers into a cosmic dreamscape where a Cloud Roller makes puffy white clouds paper flat. The book ends with an encouragement to the reader to "add some wheels" and imagine their own fanciful machines.
Miller rolls through the lorry lineup in an upbeat, pun-forward rhythm punctuated by philosophical moments. Skipp's fully saturated, imaginative digital illustrations conjure a host of cartoonish vehicular characters that are exuberant, enchanting, and even (in some cases) edible. Young truck fanatics may find their minds expanded here while the non-vehicularly inclined may see the big machines in a friendlier light. "Truck is in the eye of the beholder," after all. --Jaclyn Fulwood, youth services manager, Allen County Public Library
ISBN: 9781665919173
ISBN-10: 1665919175
Published: 31st July 2024
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 40
Audience: Children
For Ages: 4+ years old
For Grades: P - 3
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Dimensions (cm): 22.86 x 22.86 x 0.76
Weight (kg): 0.39
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