Whose Truck?

Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 13, 2015

Review

The follow-up to "Whose Tools?", Buzzeo and Datz have created a nice board book. Each truck presented has a catchy rhyme and is asked using road signs to capture the words. The pictures of the trucks are accurate and detailed with many labeled parts. The people working with the trucks have a mix of skin tones and gender with women being well-represented. The pull out pages could be problematic for libraries as they might rip upon repeated use. The variety of trucks is refreshing; while there are common and familiar trucks like a fire truck and an ambulance, there are other, lesser-mentioned trucks like a lineworkers' truck and a broadcaster's truck. The idea that trucks don't just exist, but that people use them to do useful work is a great message though some of the unusual types of trucks might stump children upon a first read-through. There is a twist at the end when the trucks are actually those of a child who is playing with a friend. This is a solid choice for a library with little ones interested in vehicles.

Overall Book Score: very good