Big Truck Super Wash

By Stephen R. Swinburne

Book Overview

Everyone needs a good wash occasionally. Even a giant excavator! After a hard day's work, a garbage truck, a tractor, an 18-wheeler, and more are covered with dirt, slime, manure, mud, and bugs. Off to the Big Truck Super Wash!

Honk! Honk! Clank! Belch! 5 powerful trucks tell how they got so grubby. The dump truck explains--

Hauling rocks from the gravel pit,
Working in clouds of dust and grit.
It's what I love! It's what I do!
Wouldn't you want to play in dirt too?

The jolly manager at the Big Truck Super Wash welcomes each dirty truck with a warm smile, shampoo (gurgle and gush), steam, scrubbers (swish-a, swoosh-a), and a rinse. The trucks can return home glistening, gleaming, and spot-free.

With rhythm, rhyme, and onomatopoeia, the text is fun to read aloud. And each truck is depicted with expressive headlight eyes and a personality of its own. In creating the character of the truck wash manager, the illustrator portrayed his dad, who owned a truck and often recruited his son to help wash it.

Subtle messages about hard work and cleanliness make it a perfect choice for bath time or any time!

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823445887
• ISBN13: 9780823445882
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1