Wheetle: A Little Wagon with a Big Heart

By Cindy Derby

Book Overview

WALL-E meets THE RABBIT LISTENED in this tender picture book about a little wagon who learns to set his own boundaries, by Caldecott Honor-winning creator Cindy Derby.

Wheetle just wants to help. He's a wagon after all, and that's what he's meant to do. So when his friends ask him to carry slimy things, fragile things, heavy things, even squiggly-wiggly things, he always says yes.

But one morning he wakes up with a wobbly wheel. Oh no he thinks, but decides he can still help his friends. When he hears a loud POP, he suddenly finds he is the one who needs help. Will his friends come through for him, this time?

Cindy Derby introduces us to a lovable character, Wheetle, in this new evergreen classic by the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Outside In.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250325501
• ISBN13: 9781250325501
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1