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Little Blue Truck Leads the Way by [Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry]

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Little Blue Truck Leads the Way Kindle Edition

by Alice Schertle (Author), Jill McElmurry (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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The #1 New York Times bestselling Little Blue Truck finds his way out of a jam on a trip to the city.

The big city sure is a speedy, noisy place for a country truck like Blue. Everywhere Blue looks, he sees buses, police cars, taxis, vans, a street sweeper, and even the mayor’s limousine. Zooom! Wooeeee . . . ! "Make Way!"

With everyone pushing to be first, soon there’s a giant traffic jam! But even a wrangle-tangle is no match for Little Blue Truck, who comes to the rescue in true Blue style.

Brimming with bright colors, sounds, and city energy, this Little Blue Truck adventure makes working together and taking turns more fun than ever.

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1 - 3 years, from customers
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40 pages
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English
Grade level

Preschool - 3
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AD520L
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Clarion Books
Publication date

September 13, 2011
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ALICE SCHERTLE has written many well-loved books for children, including Very Hairy Bear and All You Need for a Snowman. She lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.
JILL MCELMURRY is the illustrator of Our Nest by Reeve Lindbergh as well as her own Mad About Plaid and I'm Not a Baby! She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Zooom! Wooeeee...! "Make way!"The big city sure is a speedy, noisy place for a country truck like Blue. Everywhere Blue looks, he sees buses, police cars, taxis, vans, a street sweeper, and even the mayor's limousine. With everyone pushing to be first, soon there's a giant traffic jam! But even a wrangle-tangle is no match for Little Blue Truck, who comes to the rescue in true Blue style. Brimming with bright colors, sounds, and city energy, this new adventure makes working together and taking turns more fun than ever.

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Zooom! Roared trucks down the avenue. Whooee...went a siren.

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PreSchool-Grade 1—Little Blue Truck rides in rhyme again, this time carrying crates of lettuce to a metropolitan market. His bug-eyed headlights show appreciation for the city views, as well as discomfort when the faster-paced vehicles harass him. From a double-decker bus to the mayor's limousine, traffic irritably jams into a crunch intensified by the limo engine's demise. The portly, gray-haired mayor uses Little Blue as a podium, instructing citizens to follow the truck's advice to travel "one at a time." The resulting courtesy creates a smooth flow, even when a marching band joins the line. Everyone cheers for the little truck, who leads the way with the mayor as his passenger. McElmurry's gouache scenes are spot-on. Simple compositions in calming indigo and cream in the country starkly contrast with the jam-packed city scenes where a crush of buildings barely shows the sky. The urbanites are a rich mix of ethnicity and purpose: coffee drinkers, construction workers, dog walkers, briefcase carriers, they all pound the pavement. The tale is a fine illustration for classes studying urban and rural settings, and the simple plot is a treat for even very young listeners.—Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA END --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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". . . big, swooshing street sweeper; the taxi with screeching brakes; the busy police car; the frowning bus. The angry traffic standoffs and the small truck’s triumph will be welcome fuel for many preschoolers’ imaginative play."--Booklist "It's in the fusion of the old-fashioned with the modern-eclectic--one man in the crowd listens to an iPod--that the book's artistry shines."--Publisher's Weekly —

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About the Author

Alice Schertle is a poet and author of many well-loved books for children, including the beloved, #1 New York Times best-selling Little Blue Truck series,Very Hairy Bear, Button Up!, and All You Need for a Snowman. She lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.

Jill McElmurry was the illustrator of many picture books, including her own Mad About Plaid, When Otis Courted Mama by Kathi Appelt and the best-selling Little Blue Truck series, written by Alice Schertle. She happily divided her time between the wide landscape of New Mexico and a green island in Minnesota. Jill passed away in August 2017. --This text refers to the board_book edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00A1TEYTI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clarion Books; First edition (September 13, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 13, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 22555 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 40 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #242,678 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #14 in Baby & Toddler Color Books
- #21 in Children's Books on City Life
- #66 in Children's Cars & Trucks Books (Kindle Store)

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Alice Schertle has written many well-loved books for children, including Little Blue Truck, Little Blue Truck Leads the Way, and All You Need for a Snowman. She lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.
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The first books I remember loving are "Harold and the Purple Crayon" by Crockett Johnson and "Animal Fair" by Alice and Martin Provensen. I also loved "Ferdinand" by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson and "What Do You Say, Dear?" by Sesyle Joslin and Maurice Sendak. Later on I loved "Homer Price and the Donut Machine", "Alice in Wonderland", "Grimm's Fairy Tales", and one about bread dough that keeps rising and rising, I wish I could remember the name of it.
I've lived in big towns and small towns, in mountains and valleys, beside the ocean and across the ocean, and now I live in Taos, New Mexico in a house with big windows that look out on mountains and sagebrush. My husband, our dog, Harry, and I take a lot of long walks in the desert.We spend the Summer in a tiny cabin on a tiny island in a big lake in northern Minnesota. We've named the island Good Dog Island in honor of all the good dogs we've known.
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Aly

Cute Book

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My son loves all of the "Little Blue Truck" stories. This one is cute for sure, I enjoy reading it to him.

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part of a wonderful series of books

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 31, 2023

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This was a gift for my great-grandson

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 9, 2023

My grandson loves it

2-year old grandson loves these

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2023

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And enjoys being read the story day after day

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2023

It a nice story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2022

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Fun book with great message. Kids 2-5 love it!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 9, 2022

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The image on the fourth page is upside down.

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Not as good as the original

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We like the original better.

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Amanda

Faulty book amd really disappointing!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 5, 2020

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I'm extremely disappointed to receive this faulty book, I hate sending things back and now I'm worried that it won't be here intoned for Christmas if I do have to send it back to get a replacement. My little boy loves cars and I was so excited upon ordering this book so you can only imagine my disappointment. Does nobody check these items before sending them? I will be contacting the seller in the hopes they can just send me a book that's not faulty. Otherwise if you don't get a faulty one, it's a lovely book.

Tauseef Gill

Poorly written, no rhythm, Avoid!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 24, 2019

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Extremely poor effort to copy the style from Little Blue Truck (farm version).
Writer just want to make some money by selling some similar styled book. Nothing much for children in this book except how to be a slave to the mayor!!!

Skye

A jolly good read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 24, 2013

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My kids (16 months twins) love the first book 'Little Blue Truck'. They always ask for it to be read and follow the story in their own words. So I bought this book too. I think it's a good story, a good change from country to the city. My kids love this book too. Though I think they have to be a little older to appreciate it better. It is a book I will recommend.

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Brilliant book for car loving toddlers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 28, 2019

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I brought this book based on the previous reviews and a instagram influencer review. It has not disappointed, my son loves it and always makes me read it over and over again.

allthegreeks

my boy LOVES this book

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It's a favorite at bedtime for my toddler. He comments on all the illustrations, pointing out things. He mimics my voice and has memorized the last words of each verse for the entire book. It's great because it reads so easily and it can be very entertaining.

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