Troto And The Trucks

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: May 10, 2016

Review

Troto is a little car and he is happy simply to travel about. One day he finds himself in Cactusville, a western town that is full of big trucks, Big Red, Big Blue and Big Yellow and they find Troto hilarious because he is so small. They laugh at Troto and his feelings are hurt He challenges the Big Trucks to a race to show what he is made of. The themes of bullying and hurt feelings are touched upon and handled in a gentle fashion. The big trucks wear taunting expressions depicted by the rather evil smiles formed by their grillwork, where poor Troto's expression is sad and a little frightened. Cactusville lives up to its name as the landscape is desert and cacti with many mountain formations and the vehicles kick up lots of dust. This will be a good choice for truck lovers everywhere and to introduce the topic of bullying which might open up a conversation around this subject.

Overall Book Score: very good