Garage Tales
Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown
Jon Scieszka
Illustrators David Shannon Loren Long David Gordon

Simon & Schuster
September 2010 / ISBN 97801442411968
Children Fiction
Amazon

Reviewed by Bob Walch

Here are three short adventures featuring the Trucktown characters. The first one finds Monster Truck Max taking a tumble and he needs his friends, especially Tow Truck Ted and the Fire Truck Twins, to get him back on his wheels and up and running again.

In the next story you are invited to a party at Payloader Pete’s garage. Follow the road signs along with all the party-goers to Pete’s place and then see what festivities await the gang.

The final tale follows a day in Izzy Ice Cream Truck’s life. You may get dizzy accompanying Izzy on his route as he sells ice cream. But watching busy Izzy get in a tizzy is lots of fun, too.

Popular with youngsters who love trucks, this collection of tales is perfect for beginning readers. The manageable text and full page illustrations will encourage the child to join in the fun and take on some of the narrative chores.

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