5/5When you have an 18 month old you are always on the look out for good board books. You just never know what is going to hold a toddler's attention for more than a few seconds. Some books will only make it two sentences before they are thrown back onto the shelf, never to be read again. But occasionally, when the story, pictures and words are just right, a book will make it all the way to the end, only to be re-read again! Such was the case with Little Blue Truck. This gem is written by Alice Schertle and illustrated by Jill McElmurry. It was given to us as a gift from a relative and is currently the first choice every time we read. We have read it over 10 times today...he obviously loves it!
Little Blue Truck is a sweet story about a cheerful truck who helps a preoccupied dump truck learn the value of making friends. It is the perfect length, long enough to be interesting but short enough to hold even the smallest of attention spans. The words are wonderfully lyrical, evoking a song-like quality. The reader gets to mimic animal sounds and truck sounds, rhyme along (my son can already say some of the words at the right time in the story), and learn a valuable moral lesson.
The illustrations are also lovely and we are still finding new things to look at on each page. My son is captivated by the little truck, shouting out "beep" every time we turn the page. And as soon as it is over, he asks me to "peese" read it again. Of all the books we own, this is my favorite. It does not sing songs, make noise, flash lights, pop-up pictures, have touch and feel pages, or fluorescent coloring. It is just a special story. That is what makes it perfect.
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