Truck Song

by Diane Siebert

Book Overview

country sprawling lined with roads trucks are hauling heavy roads Over highways, past framlands and cities, through rain and sun, all kinds of trucks are carrying goods from one place to another. And... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064431347
• ISBN13: 9780064431347
• Release Date: April 1987
• Publisher: Collins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 10.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 2 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

wonderful illustrations and words

My boys have loved this book for years. It is catchy without being cutsie and the illustrations are bright and colorful. Ours is wearing out, I'm glad to see that I can replace it when need be. This would be a terrific addition to any family's library.

fun to read

My son, my wife, and I have all enjoyed this book greatly. The pictures are inviting and clean-looking, which is great for a toddler (many books for this age group seem visually cluttered), yet they include sufficient detail to reward close looking. The words, or lyrics, are quite fun to read and hear, making this book at times a welcome relief from the truck picture books with no plot (yes, my son is very interested in trucks!)--and from the many books for this age group that use oversimplified language. The words here are catchy but not sing-songy.

Truck Song: A Poem for the Open Road

Truck Song by Diane Siebert is a beautifully-written tribute tointerstate-trucking. The colorful verse draws young children into thestory, at the same time that the rhythm of the poem evokes the rhythm of a cross-country haul. The illustrations by Byron Barton vividly illustrate the poem's content, as one trucker sees his load to its destination. My two-year-old loved the easy-paced verse, and enjoyed the pictures of the different trucks. This was one book my husband and I actually enjoyed rereading multiple times in a sitting. Truck Song is sure to become a much-loved classic in our family,