Smash! Crash!

Welcome to Jon Scieszka's Trucktown, a brand-new preschool/kindergarten series that will come in more shapes, sizes, and formats than you can shake a bumper at. It's a world where all the characters are trucks, all the stories are action driven, and boys and girls can imagine themselves in all their crazy, loud, funny, creative, excited, full-throttle glory It's a world where we work at play, and we play at work...and no one's afraid to get dirty or be LOUD And it all kicks off with Smash Crash Best friends Jack and Dan are spending their day doing what they do best - smashing and crashing All the while a strange shadow is following them around every corner...Who is this new addition to Trucktown? What does she want? Rhythmic, rollicking text will get kids' motors running and horns honking with each refrain This is a book that begs to be read again and again

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/08/2008
ISBN: 9781416941330
Pages: 34
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 10.26h x 10.20w x 0.45d
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Booklist 11/15/2007 pg. 51
Publishers Weekly 11/26/2007 pg. 51
Kirkus Review - Children 12/15/2007 pg. 1300
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2008 pg. 305
New York Times Book Review 03/16/2008 pg. 14
School Library Journal 01/01/2008 pg. 97
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 286 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/03/2008 pg. 33

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 120870 / Smash! Crash!/Welcome to Trucktown!
Reading Level: 1.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5