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My Big Rig Hardcover – March 1, 2007

by Jonathan London (Author), Viviana Garofoli (Illustrator)

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Zoom! While playing with his toy truck, a little boy imagines himself driving an eighteen-wheeler through a city, across a bridge, and into the countryside. Along the way, he uses his two-way radio and parks at a truck stop. Finally, he reaches the coast, where he unloads his cargo. His imagination would keep growing . . . but it’s time for dinner!

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PreSchool-K–This simple story takes children on an evenly paced cross-country tour. While playing with his toy, a boy imagines heading off for adventure in a life-size rig. With horn blasting and engine roaring, he sets off through the city, over a bridge, into the country, across a valley, up a mountain, through a tunnel before taking a doughnut break at a truck stop. After munching on his snack, the youngster climbs back into the cab. He continues onward, rolling across a desert, over mountains, across plains, through a forest, and on to the sea. At a harbor, the child unloads his cargo. He quickly returns to reality when his dad calls him for dinner. Minimal text appears on each page. Garofoli's bright spreads, rendered in Adobe illustrator, convey the essence of each geographic locale and extend the short text. The bouncy book jacket depicting the semi rolling across a quilted bedspread will entice youngsters with an interest in trucks. London fans will be looking for this title to accompany A Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa (Holt, 2005).–Lynn K. Vanca, Akron-Summit County Public Library, Richfield, OH
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A boy's toy yellow truck revs up his imagination and inspires a daydream of driving an 18-wheeler across the country. After rolling across a bridge, through a valley, and over a mountain, he pulls into a truck stop for doughnuts before hitting the road again. Across desert and prairie, through forests, and down to the sea, the truck barrels along until it arrives harborside, where its cargo is loaded onto ships. And just in time, too, because the boy's father is calling him for dinner. Argentine artist Garofoli contributes a fine series of digitally assisted illustrations, featuring clean lines, fresh colors, and varied compositions. West to East, left to right, page after page, the truck rolls along through the wide double-page spreads. Neatly capturing the easy way in which children slip from playing around to playing intently, this motor-minded fantasy would be a good book to share before a road trip. Carolyn Phelan
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Two Lions (March 1, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0761453466
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0761453468
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 - 3 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD450L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 1
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.25 x 9 inches

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I was raised a Navy Brat and moved every two or three years when I was growing up. Now I live in one place and travel to lots of other places. I started writing poems in college, got a M.A. in History, performed in a modern dance company, traveled the world, got married, had two sons, and when I started telling my boys, Aaron and Sean, stories I realized that I could write for children. My first two books came out in the same week, in 1992, THIRTEEN MOONS ON TURTLE'S BACK and THE LION WHO HAD ASTHMA, soon followed by FROGGY GETS DRESSED. These books are still in print. FROGGY GETS DRESSED was the first of over twenty-eight Froggy books. The most recent one is FROGGY'S LEMONADE STAND (May 15, 2018) FROGGY

PICKS A PUMPKIN and FROGGY BUILDS A SNOWMAN will follow in 2019. Then FROGGY FOR PRESIDENT! will be published early in 2020.

My Froggy books are funny and kids love them. But I also write other kinds of books, including wildlife books: HIPPOS ARE HUGE! OTTERS LOVE TO PLAY! (river otters). And more recently: PUP THE SEA OTTER (illustrated by my son Sean London). PUP THE SEA OTTER won the 2017 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD (NOBA), the 2017 National Science Teacher's Association Outstanding Children's Trade Book Award, and the 2018 ILA/CBC Children's Choice Award

My most recent wildlife book is LITTLE FOX IN THE SNOW (NOV. 13 2018), featured in

the Wall Street Journal Seasons Greetings children's book section.

I've also written a middle grade novel trilogy: Aaron's Wilderness Trilogy: DESOLATION CANYON, BELLA BELLA, and GRIZZLY PEAK, all illustrated by my son, Sean London, who is an animator.

I started a new picture book series with DUCK AND HIPPO IN THE RAINSTORM, followed

by DUCK AND HIPPO LOST AND FOUND. DUCK AND HIPPO GIVE THANKS came out on 8/20/18, to be followed by DUCK AND HIPPO THE SECRET VALENTINE Dec. 18 2018. I've published over 120 books since 1992, but now I only write poems for myself. My sons and my wife, Maureen, are my constant inspirations. But I'm also inspired by young children, dogs, mountains, rivers, stars, trees, great cities, deserts, jungles, great food, dance, art, some sports, and the moon. And if anybody asks, Froggy c'est moi--but he's also Aaron and Sean, and every kid I've ever met. Flop flop flop!

For more information, see my website at www.jonathan-london.net.

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Fun book, my daughter loves it

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2013

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This is a great book. We checked it out from the library and loved it so much we bought it. It was fun when my daughter was little, and then we pulled in out again when she was older and she still loved it. Good fun!

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This is a cute little book! It does a great job of including words and pictures to teach your little one about "down and up", and "over, through, and across". It's about a little boy daydreaming of his adventures of driving a big rig across the country.

"I climb into my big rig and wave good-bye.
I blast my horn.
My engine roars."

The pictures are bright and relatively simple, which is perfect for the youngest of readers. I think this book is perfect for newborn to 3(ish), but will still catch the interest of slightly older children, too.

We really like these "Board Buddies" books. The spines all match, so they look great lined up on the shelf. They all have the trademark yellow spines with a little "B" block at the top. If you like your books all nice and neat on the shelf, AND you have children of various ages, this is a nice little collection!

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2014

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My six year old boy loved it. The book has caught our attention and we really enjoyed it. The illustrations were well done. The words chose n and sentence structure were ideal for him.

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2014

My four and five year old really enjoy this book. It is an easy book for us to read together

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2012

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My 2 year old just loves this book. He loves cars and trucks so going on an adventure in a big rig is ideal for him. I would recommend this book to any toddler who enjoys cars and trucks!

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2018

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My two year old grandson loves it.

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2013

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This board book is of quality construction, fold flat spine, thick/solid pages. This book is full of full page illustrations with lots of color that our 1 year old enjoys. The few words that are included seem to be too much for him when being read to, but he does enjoy looking at the photos. It's a good size for a small child, and the thick pages allow them to easily turn pages.

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