20 Big Trucks

Reviewed by: Mary Lehmer - Freeport Community Library, Freeport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 5, 2015

Review

This board book is about 20 different trucks that get stuck in a traffic jam on the street. No one seems to know what to do- except for a young boy on a bicycle. This is a fun book with rhyming text and great pictures. Young readers will not only enjoy the variety of trucks packed into this short story, but the way the young boy solves the traffic jam problem instead of the adults. Another great part of the book is the young bike rider counts the number of trucks as they get stuck in the traffic jam, which is a nice way to add in a bit of math. It also comes in Spanish so the set could be used for teaching purposes.The only weakness with the book is that this is a board book, which looks like it should be for a toddler, however the story might be too long for a 2 year old to sit through, even if it is about some pretty cool trucks.

Overall Book Score: very good