by Jon Scieszka (Author), David Shannon (Illustrator), Loren Long (Illustrator)
Join in on the Thanksgiving traditions of Trucktown in this addition to the New York Times bestselling Ready-to-Read series by Jon Scieszka.
After scooping dirt, spraying water, and mixing cement, the first trucks of Trucktown want to do something for all of the trucks that helped them build Trucktown.
Combining the traditions of Thanksgiving with the well-known fun of Trucktown, they create the special ways for all trucks to celebrate Trucksgiving year after year!
This level one Ready-to-Read book is the perfect read to teach new reader's about Thanksgiving through the excitement of Trucktown with easy sight words, a simple plot, and a familiar topic.
Author Biography
Jon Scieszka is the creator of Trucktown, including the New York Times bestselling Smash, Crash!, and the author of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, the Time Warp Trio series, Caldecott Honor Book The Stinky Cheese Man, and many other books that inspire kids to want to read. He has worked as an elementary school teacher and is the founder of GuysRead.com, a literacy initiative for boys.
David Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award winning picture books including
Duck on a Bike, the Caldecott Honor Book
No David!, How I Learned to be a Pirate, and
Good Boy Fergus. He is also one of the collaborative illustrators in Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. David lives with his wife and his daughter in Los Angeles.
Loren Long illustrated President Barack Obama's
Of Thee I Sing; the newest version of
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper; Madonna's second picture book,
Mr. Peabody's Apples;
Nightsong by Ari Berk; Frank McCourt's
Angela and the Baby Jesus;
Love by Matt de la Peña; and
If I Was the Sunshine by Julie Fogliano. He also wrote and illustrated the Otis series and was part of the Design Garage for Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. Loren's work has appeared in
Time,
Sports Illustrated,
Forbes,
The Wall Street Journal, and
The Atlantic. He lives with his wife and two sons in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit him at LorenLong.com.
David Gordon has done visual development for numerous production companies from Lucasfilm to Pixar, including
Toy Story;
Monsters, Inc.;
A Bug's Life;
Cars; BlueSky's
Robots; and Nickelodeon's
Spongebob Squarepants. He's also written and illustrated several picture books, among them
Hansel and Diesel,
The Three Little Rigs,
The Ugly Truckling, and
Smitten. He's one of the illustrators of Jon Scieszka's fifty-two-book,
New York Times bestselling series, Trucktown. Visit him at IllustratorRanch.com.
Number of Pages: 24
Dimensions: 0.38 x 9.44 x 6.24 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: September 07, 2010
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Trucksgiving
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 1.2
Point Value: 0.5