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Donald Crews (born August 30, 1938) is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. In 2015, the American Library Association (ALA) honored him with the Children's Literature Legacy Award, recognizing his lasting contribution to children's literature. [1] His works Freight Train (1978) and Truck (1980) were Caldecott Honor ...
The Pushcart War is a popular children's novel by the American writer Jean Merrill, illustrated by Ronni Solbert [1] and first published by W. R. Scott in 1964. It is Merrill's best known work. [1]
The book, like Schmidt's other children's novels, has a "realistic, modern setting" [11] —Pluk drives a little truck and has a difficult time finding a place to live—but his world is full of fairy-tale creatures, such as, in this case, talking cockroaches, pigeons, and seagulls; horses of record-length; extinct fantastical birds; [12] and a wolf who operates a ferry.
Chuck is the whole main protagonist of the series. He is a male red dump truck with a manual transmission. Chuck aspires to be a race truck. His parents are Haulie and Porter, and he has an older brother named Rally. He has various friends, and tries to be the best friend he can be, though he can sometimes be selfish and a bit angry.
Truck Dogs: A Novel in Four Bites is a children's adventure/science fiction novel by Australian author Graeme Base, who is famous for his large picture books such as Animalia. It was published in 2003 and nominated for a CBCA 2004 Book of the Year for younger readers.
Tedd's first book, No Jumping on the Bed! was an IRA-CBC Children's Choice book and was also selected as a Parents Magazine 50 All-Time Best Children's Book. He is a three-time winner of the ALA's Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for Hi! Fly Guy and for I Spy Fly Guy, and Noodleheads See the Future [3]
Image credits: historycoolkids The History Cool Kids Instagram account has amassed an impressive 1.5 million followers since its creation in 2016. But the page’s success will come as no surprise ...
The book was occasionally read by host Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan) on his children's television show of the same name. [3] In Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary, the title character starts kindergarten with an inexperienced teacher, Miss Binney, who reads Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel to the class.