Little Blue Truck

by Alice Schertle, Illustrated by Jill McElmurry

Adorable!  I loved this little board book, told in rhyme.  Little Blue Truck travels from one place to the other, meeting animals along the way (toad croaks, sheep baaa, cow moos, pig oinks, Blue says Beep, plus plenty of other animals, too.)  A big-shot dump truck comes along ignoring everyone and ends up stuck in the mud.  Blue tries to help it out of the mud and gets stuck, too.  All the animals come to help Blue and they get out.  The dump truck admits, “Now I see a lot depends on a helping hand from a few good friends.”

What a great way to teach children about helping others.

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