3-7)Ī little red sleigh has big Christmas dreams.Īlthough the detailed, full-color art doesn’t anthropomorphize the protagonist (which readers will likely identify as a sled and not a sleigh), a close third-person text affords the object thoughts and feelings while assigning feminine pronouns. Not for every child, but a new rendition of a beloved fairy tale that will appeal to many. Gordon’s illustrations capture the feel of western ranches well and the anthropomorphized trucks, tractors, and windmill are emotionally expressive. Children will recognize the motif in these pages, but the relationship with the mother truckling has no closure, which may leave adoptees or children who have vastly different personalities from their parents feeling insecure. Sure enough, as she gazes into the pond, she sees a familiar reflection in the water and hears a roar overhead she’s an airplane and finally she knows where she belongs. Noticing her sadness, the windmill tells her that soon she’ll know exactly what she is. On her journey, she asks a tractor, a cow, and a windmill if she’s one of them, but she’s not. After her brothers and sisters make fun of her, she runs away. Out west, a mother truck looks over her new “trucklings.” But one is not like the others: she has only three wheels, no flat bed, and two odd beams that stick out from her sides. David has art directed and/or worked on visual development, layout, and character design for numerous production companies from Lucasfilm to Pixar.A combination of The Ugly Duckling and Are You My Mother? with a problematic ending. He is also a contributing illustrators to Jon Scieszka's New York Times bestselling series, Trucktown. JOAN HOLUB has written and/or illustrated over 70 books for children, including the popular Step into Reading title Shampoodle.ĭAVID GORDON has has written and illustrated many children's books, among them Hansel and Diesel, The Three Little Rigs, The Ugly Truckling, and Smitten.
This ebook contains Read & Listen audio narration. It's a natural for young readers who love to build and are fans of vehicles that dig, scoop, and sometimes go ka-boom! Two sheets of vehicle-themed stickers are included. As the work continues readers are in for a surprise-the "crew" is actually a group of young friends engaged in a fun day of dramatic play. 25, 2013 Pages: 24 | ISBN: 9780449814284 About the BookĪ construction site crew is busy at work in this rhyming Step 1 story.
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