Truckery Rhymes
10 best books like Truckery Rhymes (Jon Scieszka): Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors, Brontorina, Trashy Town, Big Frog Can't Fit In: A pop out book, Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones, Birmingham, 1963, Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles, The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster, Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face: And Other Poems: Some of the Best of Jack Prelutsky, Orangutan Tongs: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
| Author | Joyce Sidman |
| ISBN | 0547014945 |
Lovely poetry about the colors and changes in the seasons. I love the play of colors with emotions. The art work is worthy, it just doesn't do a whole lot for me. Joyce goes through the seasons picking out colors. For winter, a page states grey and brown are all that's left. Very true. She also talks about...
| Author | James Howe |
| ISBN | 0763644374 |
From the sure-footed duo of James Howe and Randy Cecil comes a hugely endearing new character in a humorous, heart-warming tale about holding on to your dreams.
Brontorina has a dream. She wants to dance. But Brontorina is rather large too large to fit in Madame Lucille s dance studio. Brontorina...
| Author | Andrea Zimmerman |
| ISBN | 0060271396 |
Meet Mr. Gilly. He cleans up Trashy Town. There’s trash at the pizza parlor, trash at the school, and trash at every house. It’s a big job, but Mr. Gilly does it with a big truck, a big smile, and loads of style.
Trashy Town features a rhythmic, repeatable refrain that will have children...
| Author | Mo Willems |
| ISBN | 1423114361 |
Many readers of all ages already know and love Mo Willems from his series of books about Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and a few other animal characters. For St. Patrick’s Day we look at Willem’s book Big Frog Can't Fit In. It’s an oversized pop-up book featuring a bigger than life frog that has the problem...
| Author | Byron Barton |
| ISBN | 0690048254 |
Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton is a picture book for children ages 2-6. The book is illustrated with bright, primary color pages and drawings of men working to assemble the skeleton of a T-Rex. The pages have only a sentence each; the story being mainly told through the pictures. The tale...
| Author | Carole Boston Weatherford |
| ISBN | 1590784405 |
A poetic tribute to the victims of the racially motivated church bombing that served as a seminal event in the struggle for civil rights. In 1963, the eyes of the world were on Birmingham, Alabama, a flashpoint for the civil rights movement. Birmingham was one of the most segregated cities in the United...
| Author | J. Patrick Lewis |
| ISBN | 0811846687 |
Spot the Plots takes the reader, along with two young detectives and their dog to figure out the stories that are being discussed on each page. The riddles, which are set up as poems, are interesting because they are of many various forms and lengths. Sometimes their forms are even part of the clues. The...
Little Miss Muffet is bored. She's tired of her same old nursery rhyme and she has had enough of that scary, little spider! So off she goes into the pages of the book to try other nursery rhymes. Falling down a hill with Jack and Jill was too painful, running up a clock is just embarrassing and running away...
| Author | Jack Prelutsky |
| ISBN | 0061576530 |
When you're in the world of Jack Prelutsky, anything can happen. Ogres run wild, dragons sing, and baby uggs hatch. . . . Frogs wear red suspenders in a rainstorm of pigs and noodles. . . . Scranimals gallivant under a pizza the size of the sun. . . .
Even the new kid on the block can see that the nation's...
| Author | Jon Agee |
| ISBN | 1423103157 |
Have you ever gotten tripped up trying to say a silly succession of similar syllables? Of course-everyone has!It can be sometimes frustrating, but it's always funny! For example, you know New York's unique, but did you know that unique New York's also pretty chic? And if you switched your wristwatch...
| Author | Mac Barnett |
| ISBN | 1416955666 |
I gave it five stars the first time I read it, last year (?). And a reread, even though I know the principle/ gimmick, still warrants the 5 stars. The thing is, it's not just funny, but it can rewire your brain if you let it. In a good way. Makes you rethink the value of rhymes, of picture-books with predictive...
Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales
| Author | Lucy Cousins |
| ISBN | 0763644749 |
Beware -- these fairy tales are not for the faint of heart! Maisy creator Lucy Cousins shifts gears to retell her favorites with vivid, rousing illustrations.
Eight classic stories take on new energy as Lucy Cousins ramps up her artwork. In this bold, funny, and unflinching collection, the...
If You're A Monster And You Know It
| Author | Rebecca Emberley |
| ISBN | 0545218292 |
A brand-new monster twist on a classic song by Caldecott Medalist Ed Emberley and his daughter, Rebecca Emberley.
Children will stomp their paws, twitch their tails, snort and growl, and wiggle and wriggle along with this bright and bold picture book twist on "If You're Happy and You Know It."...
| Author | Chris Van Dusen |
| ISBN | 0525474005 |
If I built a car, it'd be totally new!Here are a few of the things that I'd do. . . .
Young Jack is giving an eye-opening tour of the car he'd like to build. There's a snack bar, a pool, and even a robot named Robert to act as chauffeur. With Jack's soaring imagination in the driver's seat, we're deep-sea...
Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny!
| Author | Jan Thomas |
| ISBN | 1416991506 |
Kirkus Reviews (October 1, 2009)
The wacky dust bunnies return, now terrorized by an intimidating gray ball of fanged fuzz instead of the vacuum cleaner (Rhyming Dust Bunnies, 2008). Friends Ed, Ned, Ted and Bob try engaging their tormentor in their rhyming game, but unfortunately, this...
GUYKU: A Year of Haiku for Boys
| Author | Bob Raczka |
| ISBN | 0547240031 |
The wind and I play
tug-of-war with my new kite.
The wind is winning.
When you’re a guy, nature is one big playground—no matter what the season. There are puddles to splash in the spring, pine trees to climb in the summer, maple seeds to catch in the fall, and icicles to swordfight...
| Author | Linnea Asplind Riley |
| ISBN | 0590100483 |
My nephew really enjoyed Mouse Mess! He laughed at the little mouse's antics, and he said, "Amy, this is my favorite book! I want to bring it home and read it in my room!" He sat his little stuffed mouse down beside him because he thought Mousie would also enjoy this story. I think Mousie did like it quite a...
Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings
| Author | Douglas Florian |
| ISBN | 1416979786 |
This book is full of dinosaurs, Both carnivores and herbivores. You’ll find a big Iguanodon, As well as clever Tro-o-don. There’s Spinosaurus and T. rex, Plus plesiosaurs with GIANT necks . . . Step back in time in this fossil-filled collection that explores the prehistoric era with Douglas Florian’s...
| Author | Lynn Meltzer |
| ISBN | 0805088849 |
Many preschoolers will be delighted with this board book featuring a construction crew and all of its trucks at work as they demolish one old building to make room for its replacement--a new house and a family ready to make friends with any nearby neighbors. Not only do I like all the vehicles featured...
| Author | Chris Gall |
| ISBN | 0316027774 |
The original, rip-roaring mash-up of dinosaurs and trucks that inspired the Netflix TV series!
Millions of years ago, DINOTRUX ruled the earth! These mighty part-truck, part-dino demolition dynamos rumbled, plowed and bulldozed their way through the centuries. In this toddler-friendly...
| Author | Margery Cuyler |
| ISBN | 0805082816 |
Cute pictures and fun text. I actually read this whole book (each page) to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot." While that could get old after a few pages, the kids might really like it. Of course, reading it will allow me to go a little slower for all the actions listed. A few pages that I think unnecessary, so...
