Little Blue Truck

This is a top 3 board book for my husband, son, and I. It is so so cute. Little Blue Truck is a super friendly truck that always makes time to say hello to eveyrone as he gets to where he is going. Because he is so friendly and kind, he has made many animal friends who also greet him with their signature species sound (Blue says Beep, Frog says Croak, Piggy says Oink, etc...). Along comes a rude Dump Truck who is too busy to say hello to anyone and wants them out of his way. As he rushes by he ends up getting stuck in the mud. It is so fitting because he is very much a stick in the mud. He calls for help, but nobody hears him (or nobody cares). Little Blue Truck heard him and came to his rescue, but in the process, he got stuck too. Blue calls for help and the animals can't get there fast enough. They all push Blue who pushes the Dump Truck and finally get them all free. The Dump Truck has learned an important lesson about being kind and befriending others, and that you need friends because when you get in trouble they will be there for you. I absolutely love how simple the story is all while giving a very strong and important message. It is all about slowing down, enjoying those around you, and the importance of kindness. On top of it being a great story, the art is fantastic. It has a great feel of nostalgia and whimsy. It isn't as vibrant as many of our other board books, but that style of art wouldn't fit this. It is also great because the rhythm and rhyming work very well and are fun to read. My son absolutely adores all the animal sounds and we have a lot of fun with that. I would call this a must have in any little one's book collection.

Ok, so I'm not going to lie - this book was just a purchase to meet the $25 purchase for Amazon free shipping. The best part, my son loves it. LIKE LOVES IT. In fact, he makes us read it to him 4+ times a night. THere has been a point where both my husband and I try to hide it in the basket of books...and when we tell him "Go get a book for us to read for you"... a few seconds later he runs over to us saying "book" with, you guessed it, this book in hand. But you can't help but read it to him because he's so happy about it. The book itself has a very good rhyme and story. It's about friends helping friends in need. The colors are awesome and I think for my son it's also that the book itself has the sounds animals make in the story, which he can relate to. I love asking him "Where is the blue truck?" and with each page he continues to find them. It's fun to read...even after the 4th time. I've made a good rap out of it, to be honest. You would too, if you have to read it as much as me! Santa will be buying my son the next Little Blue Truck book, as well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for 12 months +

My 5yr old recieved this from grandma for Christmas 2013. Since then we have had the following results: my teen enjoys this, my tween finds it cute and likes to read it to her brothers, my kinder loves it, and I am about to purchase it for the 4th time (in less than 2 years) for my autistic toddler who cannot get enough of it. (he prefers dad to read it to him because of dad's wonderful way of sounding like a cow.) Dad has fun reading it to our boys, and as for myself, I have it memorized. This book may not have bright colors or have fun, attention grabbing images that draw immediate attention (I was a skeptic at first because of it), but trust me, after the first few readings, you will find it entertaining. The words engage my autistic toddler with the animals and sounds. Its repetitive enough to keep his attention. Because he doesnt speak this book helps him learn sounds of animals. He may not say 'cow' yet, but we know he means cow when he comes to dad and "ooooo". I cannot reccomend this book enough, especially for autistic children who are struggling to speak.

You know, I probably spoil my grandchildren as much as the next one. But I do try to get them good stuff, and a lot of times, it's money out the window. Play with it 5 minutes, then thrown in the corner and forgotten. Not this book. I feel so good about giving my grandson this. He's one and a half, and he loves it. It's a real "cuddle-and-read" book. The author has written a sweet little story about working together without being high handed about the lesson. She also developes a nice rhythm with the poetry, simple and great sounding. Just enough of a ratio of words to pictures, too. The artwork nicely complements the text. And, hey! I even get to do animal noises! If I were Bill Gates, I'd see that every little boy got one of these after delivery (home or hospital). It's that good.

The Little Blue truck is wonderfully written in rhyme with great art work so that a toddler can follow the story. It is a story about a friendly blue truck in the country going for a drive. On his way he passes his friends the frog, the cow, the pig, the sheep, the chicken and her chick, the goat, the horse and duck, who all respond to his friendly "beep" with their respective animal sounds. Along comes a big dump truck, who is in a hurry and doesn't have time to let the duck cross the street before barreling down the road. Of course his rudeness is rewarded by getting suck in a mud puddle. All the animals hear the dump truck's pleas for help, but choose to ignore him because he wasn't nice to them. Little Blue knows better and goes to help the dump truck despite his rudeness. In the meantime Little Blue also gets stuck in the mud while trying to help. He cries "beep, beep, beep" and all of his animal friends come running to help him, who in turn help the dump truck. The dump truck learns his lesson, "Now I see a lot depends on a helping hand from a few good friends" and knows now to be polite to people because you never know when you might need their help. I think this is a wonderful tale of two wrongs don't make right while still showing that mad behavior is not acceptable. My two boys love this story and I don't mind reading it over and over again.

Lo recomiendo mucho, tiene unos dibujos preciosos y la historia sencilla pero interesante para niños pequeños. Tambien me encanta el precio.

Es un libro muy bonito lleno de color y muy buen contenido me encanto el mensaje que deja esta historia, a mi hija de 3 años le gusto mucho.

Great story about the value of friendship and helping others. The illustrations are cute, and my daughter loves saying "Beep beep" ;-)

J'adore ce livre, les rhymes, les dessins et l'histoire et la morale. Il est suffisamment grand pour les petites mains