Seymour Simon's Book of Trucks

by Seymour Simon

Book Overview

Trucks lift, dump, and carry things every day, everywhere. In the same vein as his bestselling animal, physiological, and astronomy photo essays, award-winning author Simon explores and explains the child-friendly subjects of trucks. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064462242
• ISBN13: 9780064462242
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 10.7" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Blake's thoughts

This book is about all kinds of big earth rumbling trucks. It showes them and there jobs. On each page thier is a different truck. Each truck has its own important job that it does.

Blake's thoughts

This book is about all kinds of big earth rumbling trucks. It shows them and there jobs. On each page there is a different truck. Each truck has its own important job that it does.

Not Simon's best, but good

I too am a children's librarian. I am a big fan of Seymour Simon's books - he always presents interesting information, clear prose, and beautiful pictures. His truck book, however, seems to suffer from the use of file photos as illustrations instead of any pictures taken just for the book. A few of his photos are not sufficiently illustrative of his text - like his photo of a tractor shows only half of a tractor in dim light. Still, there are plenty of young truck fans out there, and you could do lots worse than this concise book.

Seymour Simon's Book of Trucks

Many types of trucks are pictured in the artistic photographs. Their functions are described in a bold font, which is easy to read. Young students will like the variety and the realism, which may feed their imagination, as they role play. This book is sure to be a favorite among truck lovers.