Trucky Roads by Lulu Miller Hardcover Book

Description: Trucky Roads by Lulu Miller, Hui Skipp Trucky Roads sees all kinds of trucks, and when he imagines the kinds of trucks that could be, theres no stopping him. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year The city is a busy place and home to many kinds of trucks in this "gloriously bright, inventive world on wheels" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) tale about all the trucks on the road—big, small, real and imagined!Trucky Roads sees all kinds of trucks, and when he imagines the kinds of trucks that could be, there is no stopping him. From a cloud roller to a comet mixer, the sky is the limit when you dream! Author Biography Lulu Miller is the cohost of Radiolab, host of the kids podcast Terrestrials, and author of the bestselling book Why Fish Dont Exist. Hui Skipp is an illustrator and artist born and raised in Taiwan who now lives in Vietnam. Hui graduated with a sculpture and fine arts degree. An avid traveler, Hui has resided in London, Taipei, Paris, and Lisbon. The colorful buildings, vintage furniture, and blue sky in Lisbon, the city she loves most, has influenced and inspired her colorful style. Review The eponymous main character invites readers to tour a captivatingly silly array of real and fantasy trucks in the groovy, imagination-affirming picture book Trucky Roads, written by Terrestrials podcast host Lulu Miller (Why Fish Dont Exist) and illustrated by Hui Skipp (Maps for Penguins). "If you can dream it, it could be," says Trucky Roads, a brown-skinned man with a curly, full beard who wears a pink cap, sunglasses, and a bohemian outfit. While "some people look at the road and just see TRUCKS," if you ask Trucky Roads, "you can see there are all KINDS of trucks." Which KINDS of vehicles? Well, there are industrious garbage trucks, helpful dump trucks, and hurrying fire trucks. There are also Earth Trucks, Wind Trucks, Water Trucks and a tow truck towing a Toe Truck, which sports a full foot of pink toes in place of a grill. "And thats just while awake," Trucky says as he leads readers into a cosmic dreamscape where a Cloud Roller makes puffy white clouds paper flat. The book ends with an encouragement to the reader to "add some wheels" and imagine their own fanciful machines. Miller rolls through the lorry lineup in an upbeat, pun-forward rhythm punctuated by philosophical moments. Skipps fully saturated, imaginative digital illustrations conjure a host of cartoonish vehicular characters that are exuberant, enchanting, and even (in some cases) edible. Young truck fanatics may find their minds expanded here while the non-vehicularly inclined may see the big machines in a friendlier light. "Truck is in the eye of the beholder," after all. --Jaclyn Fulwood, youth services manager, Allen County Public Library -- Shelf Awareness * 6/14/24 *" A high-energy truck rally with far-out vibes." * Publishers Weekly ** "Meet dozens of marvelous trucks ... a clever spin on a well tred topic." * Kirkus, starred review **Meet dozens of marvelous trucks. "Some people look at the road and just see TRUCKS." But Trucky Roads, a bearded, brown-skinned, pink-hatted vehicle enthusiast, knows that "there are all KINDS of trucks." Truckys every bit as enthusiastic about the plethora of vehicles gracing these pages as readers will be. Miller puts a clever spin on a well-tread topic. Everyones heard of fire trucks…but what about an earth truck (a green truck filled with dirt), a water truck (a blue vehicle with a long hose curling off its side), and a wind truck (a bus with a windmill on top)? And we all know about tow trucks…but what about toetrucks? Seated in a smiling tow truck, Trucky tows a foot-shaped vehicle containing an array of footwear. The whimsical, lightly rhyming text builds to a fever pitch as Miller lists truck after truck: "Monster Trucks AND Tiger Trucks / Pickup Trucks AND Put-Down Trucks / Diggers AND Mixers AND Rollers AND Cranes / Piggers AND Fixers AND / Bowlers AND Sprains." Its sure to provoke giggles and have kids chiming in with their own variations. Skipps blocky digital art has a collagelike feel, and the tie-dyed palette, paired with the hilariously surreal array of vehicles and Truckys own philosophical attitude ("Truck is in the eye of the beholder," he tells an onlooker), gives the book a playfully psychedelic vibe. A gloriously bright, inventive world on wheels. (Picture book. 2-6) -- Kirkus STARRED Review * 5/15/24 *Though "some people look at the road and just see TRUCKS," bearded enthusiast Trucky Roads sees "all KINDS of trucks" in this imaginative appreciation that muses on the vehicles many modes. Early pages list commonplace variations (dump trucks, garbage trucks), but things grow increasingly outlandish after Roads muses, "If you can dream it, it could be." On the next spread, which introduces "Tow Trucks and Toe Trucks," Roads is seen in the cab of a tow truck pulling a foot-shaped vehicle wearing a Band-Aid. Amid the goofy assemblage, things turn contemplative: asked whether a Bus Truck is "a bus made of a truck, or a truck made of a bus," text indicates that "Truck is in the eye of the beholder." And the onset of nighttime suggests even dreamier opportunities for vehicle expansiveness. Punny narration from Miller and friendly-faced digital renderings by Skipp conjure a high-energy truck rally with far-out vibes. Human characters are portrayed with various skin tones. Ages 4–8. (June) -- Publishers Weekly * 4/15/2024 * Details ISBN1665919175 Author Hui Skipp Pages 40 Audience Age 4-8 Year 2024 Illustrator Hui Skipp ISBN-13 9781665919173 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-06-11 Audience Children / Juvenile Publisher Simon & Schuster Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 4-c digital; matte jkt (spfx: spot gloss UV); uncoated int US Release Date 2024-06-11 AU Release Date 2024-07-30 Imprint Paula Wiseman Books We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160307298;

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