Trucks Storytime

Books:

Duck in the truck by Jez Alborough. 
New York : HarperCollins, 2000.
Duck's truck is stuck in the muck, and nobody seems able to help him get it out. 

Uncle Chuck's truck by Hope Norman Coulter; illustrations by Rick Brown. 
New York : Bradbury Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993. 
When Uncle Chuck's truck gets stuck in the mud while he is taking food to the cows on his farm, the cows come to the rescue. 

Truck by Donald Crews. 
New York : Greenwillow Books, c1980. 
Follows the journey of a truck from loading to unloading. 

Five trucks by Brian Floca. 
New York : DK Ink, c1999. 
Five different trucks do five different jobs to get an airplane ready for takeoff. 

Mr. Little's noisy truck by Richard Fowler. 
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1989. 
lift-the-flap book. 

The little black truck by Libba Moore Gray ; illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles. 
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1994. 
After a hard-working little black truck breaks down and is towed away, it is repaired and given a second life. 

My trucks written by Kirsten Hall; illustrated by Patti Boyd. 
New York : Childrens Press, [1995]. 
While a little boy plays with his toy trucks, he imagines driving various real trucks such as a fire engine, a farm pickup, and an ice cream wagon. 

Trash trucks by Daniel Kirk. 
New York : Putnam, c1997. 
Trash trucks roam the city streets gobbling up all the garbage. 

Working hard with the mighty tractor trailer and bulldozer written by Justine Korman; illustrated by Steven James Petruccio. 
New York : Scholastic, c1997. 
Sam drives a mighty tractor trailer with a bulldozer on top to a busy construction site where workers will build a new home. 

Isaac the Ice Cream Truck by Scott Santoro. 
New York : Holt, 1999. 
Isaac the Ice Cream Truck doesn't feel as important as the other trucks until the day he is able to offer refreshing ice cream to some hot and tired firemen who have put out a building fire. 

Truck song by Diane Siebert; pictures by Byron Barton. 
New York : Crowell, c1984. 
Rhymed text and illustrations describe the journey of a transcontinental truck. 

Trucks, trucks, trucks by Peter Sís. 
New York : Greenwillow Books, 1999. 
As a little boy cleans up his room, he gives one word descriptions of the work his various toy trucks do, such as hauling, plowing, and loading. Features a gate-fold illustration that opens into a three-page spread. 

Tap-tap by Karen Lynn Williams; illustrated by Catherine Stock. 
New York : Clarion Books, c1994. 
After selling oranges in the market, a Haitian mother and daughter have enough money to ride the tap-tap, a truck that picks up passengers and lets them off when they bang on the side of the vehicle. 


Flannelboard:

I Love Trucks
By Philemon Sturges
Illustrated by Shari Halpern

Harper Collins Publishers 1999


Trucks, trucks, trucks! I like trucks.
Trailer trucks,
tow trucks,
Trucks that sweep the street.
Trucks that crawl,
Trucks that roll,
Trucks that mix concrete.
This one digs.
This one dumps.
This one strings up wires.
Some gobble trash.
Some lift up stuff.
This one zooms to fires!
I like trucks that blink and scream.
I like trucks that roar.
But the truck that I like best
Brings ice cream to my door.
Trucks, trucks trucks!
I LOVE trucks!


Fingerplays:

Open the truck door
do actions as the rhyme suggests

Open the truck door, 
Climb inside.
I get to help
My mommy drive.

Fasten the seat belt,
Shut the door,
Start the engine
Hear it roar.

Turn the corner,
Step on the gas
If the road's clear.
We may pass.


I'm a Little Pickup Truck

Craft:

Cut black construction paper into 4x10 inch rectangles.  Cut three inch circles from red, green and yellow paper.  Give each child a rectangle and the three colored circles, and show them how to glue them in place to make a traffic light.

This page was updated on June 15, 2004 .