We went to the library yesterday, and my son checked out the same book that he has been checking out on a regular basis for two years. (That’s over half of his life!) The Trucker by Brenda and Mark Weatherby is a hit in our house — the girls have given it a thumbs up too!
The book is about a boy, Wesley, who loves trucking and one day his toy semi flat bed rig gets bigger and bigger and bigger thus beginning his adventure of loading his truck with lumber, pulling a small truck from the ditch, being lost in a thunder storm, and having a flat tire. Near the end, his dad shakes him awake from his dream and he spends the day on the road with him.
Some of the teaching points I’ll pull from this book are:
- A lead the hooks interest on the first page.
- Stretching the most important part (the thunderstorm part lasts across several pages).
- Characters run into difficulties.
- Ending with a twist (the reader learns Wesley was having a dream).
- Using bold font.
- Placing the text on the page to communicate meaning — when the truck begins rattling and shaking and growing, the text is placed across the page in a way to show movement.
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hi dollie —
i hope you enjoy it. we’ve read it a total of nine times in the past two days. i must admit, i’m a bit past the “enjoyment” stage of the story — but treasure the fact that my son still cuddles in my lap. for that i’ll read it a million times! 🙂
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My husband is a truck driver, so I am definitely going to have to get this book. I am always looking for books with good leads.
Dollie
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