Tractor Mac: Teamwork

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 6, 2017

Review

Young tractor and truck enthusiasts will enjoy this fifteenth picture book featuring Tractor Mac and his working vehicle friends. Farmer Bill has volunteered to help create a community pond and it takes all the different anthropomorphic vehicles to assist in the tricky construction. After a few days of cooperation, Deke, the blue tractor appears and slowly takes over everyone's job. Of course, his interference creates an accident that demands all the vehicles pool their talents to save Deke and his worker. Although the purpose of the story is to illustrate teamwork, the details provided about the building project and the various uses of the tractor, steam shovel, and bulldozer will engage budding engineers and construction workers. Illustrations are detailed and yet do not read as overly busy on the page. Each page provides a few lines of text which matches the smaller book size. A diagram of Doug the Steam Shovel with 18 part names adorn the inside front cover and Tractor Mac with his 22 identified parts adorn the inside back cover.

Overall Book Score: good