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I'm a Truck
The bestselling Little Golden Book all about trucks!
It’s not just a truck – it’s a MONSTER TRUCK – and preschoolers are going to love it! Featuring the bright and bold artwork of award-winning illustrator Bob Staake, truck fans everywhere can start their engines and ride along with Mudenstein and his mammoth machine friends for all of their crashing, smashing fun in this high-octane adventure!
Keep on “trucking” and be sure to
I'm a Monster Truck (Little Golden Book)
I’m a Monster Truck (Board Book)
I’m a Truck (Board Book)
It’s not just a truck – it’s a MONSTER TRUCK – and preschoolers are going to love it! Featuring the bright and bold artwork of award-winning illustrator Bob Staake, truck fans everywhere can start their engines and ride along with Mudenstein and his mammoth machine friends for all of their crashing, smashing fun in this high-octane adventure!
Keep on “trucking” and be sure to
I'm a Monster Truck (Little Golden Book)
I’m a Monster Truck (Board Book)
I’m a Truck (Board Book)
24 pages, Hardcover
First published January 10, 2006
27 people are currently reading
52 people want to read
About the author
Dennis R. Shealy
68 books9 followersDennis R. Shealy is the author of many children’s books, including the popular Little Golden Books I’m a Truck, I’m a T. Rex!, My Little Golden Book About Dinosaurs, My LIttle Golden Book About the Solar System, I’m a Bulldozer, and The Noisy Garage. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.
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January 10, 2025
Big Blue Bill is a freight truck. He meets all kinds of vehicles on the road- tractors, ambulances, logging trucks, bulldozers, garbage trucks, fire engines, and pickups. He loves saying hello to his friends as they travel the roads.
This is a cute book, and the illustrations are very colorful! I think boys would enjoy this book for all the different types of vehicles. It's easy to read for young readers too!
This is a cute book, and the illustrations are very colorful! I think boys would enjoy this book for all the different types of vehicles. It's easy to read for young readers too!
December 9, 2012
Pretty cute. If you're big into transportation, this is a boldly colored title to add to your collection. But I'm always amazed at the relatively complex text in Golden Books, so if you're looking for an early reader, this might be a bit much.
October 5, 2023
The truck Big Blue Bill describes his life on the road.
As someone enlisted in the war on cars, this Little Golden Book feels like a piece of propaganda to me. But I have a child whose gender normative socialization has resulted in a love of motor vehicles, so I dutifully read him books about trucks. He gives this book 5 stars.
As someone enlisted in the war on cars, this Little Golden Book feels like a piece of propaganda to me. But I have a child whose gender normative socialization has resulted in a love of motor vehicles, so I dutifully read him books about trucks. He gives this book 5 stars.
April 21, 2020
A great book for the little truck fans. It’s hard to find a colourful, fun book about trucks that is both a story and can be used as an educational tool.
December 16, 2023
This was a very entertaining read. My son loves trucks so he loved reading along with Big Blue Bill as he went on his cross country journey and interacted with other vehicles.
May 31, 2025
We got to see all the different vehicles. My favourite was the metro garbage truck!
January 20, 2014
My five-year-old son has reached the "I love trucks" stage of his life. Actually, he has reached the "I love to take apart trucks and leave the pieces where Mommy steps on them" stage of his life. I'm fine with the "I love trucks" stage, but I'm hoping the other one will end soon.
Because I love my son, and he loves trucks and books, I bought him some new truck books. This was one of them.
The text was rather long, but engaging. It managed to keep his attention all the way through, although that might have been because I sounded like I was starring in a bad spaghetti western when I read it. Usually, books written in dialect are right up there with children's stories written in a forced rhyme on my list of things I don't like to read out loud, but Dennis Shealy did a pretty good job keeping the dialect light and funny.
The artwork, of course, was perfect. It was perfectly beautiful. It was perfectly colorful. It was perfectly elegant. And it was perfectly humorous. And it was (almost) enough to forgive this book for recalling my high school drama days.
Actual rating: 4 stars for the text, 5 stars for the illustrations, but I round up.
Because I love my son, and he loves trucks and books, I bought him some new truck books. This was one of them.
The text was rather long, but engaging. It managed to keep his attention all the way through, although that might have been because I sounded like I was starring in a bad spaghetti western when I read it. Usually, books written in dialect are right up there with children's stories written in a forced rhyme on my list of things I don't like to read out loud, but Dennis Shealy did a pretty good job keeping the dialect light and funny.
The artwork, of course, was perfect. It was perfectly beautiful. It was perfectly colorful. It was perfectly elegant. And it was perfectly humorous. And it was (almost) enough to forgive this book for recalling my high school drama days.
Actual rating: 4 stars for the text, 5 stars for the illustrations, but I round up.
July 17, 2008
Be warned, the binding on this book *will* peel off. Have some tape to fix the problem. I took off a star over that.
Onto the book itself:
My little truck-obsessed niece (aged 2.5) adores this book. We follow a truck's day, and he tells us all about his various friends on the road and the jobs they do. The narration is similar in style to the "I Stink" series of books, but gentler - if you were turned off of those books because of the main character's attitude, you might prefer this one.
I do find that the story here is a little choppy. Your little one probably won't notice.
So long as you have masking tape at home for that pesky binding problem, I highly recommend this one.
Onto the book itself:
My little truck-obsessed niece (aged 2.5) adores this book. We follow a truck's day, and he tells us all about his various friends on the road and the jobs they do. The narration is similar in style to the "I Stink" series of books, but gentler - if you were turned off of those books because of the main character's attitude, you might prefer this one.
I do find that the story here is a little choppy. Your little one probably won't notice.
So long as you have masking tape at home for that pesky binding problem, I highly recommend this one.
August 6, 2010
Big Blue Bill is a transport truck that takes goods back and forth across the country. Along the way he travels through field, cities, towns and deserts. He also meets up with other trucks and big vehicles. Big Bill explains how the roads work and the different roles his friends play.
For some reason when I read this, I suddenly gain a stereotypical cowboy movie accent. The boy loves it.
For some reason when I read this, I suddenly gain a stereotypical cowboy movie accent. The boy loves it.
October 3, 2016
This a very fun educational book that not only educates about all the different trucks, but also personifies the trucks to make it a more fun experience. I highly recommend this book as a fun way to introduce the difference between each vehicle, as well as what each vehicle does. The visuals are very fun as well.
September 3, 2016
Purchased for our trip to Atlanta. This book had a lot of text, perhaps a bit too much for Tommy, but it sure covered all aspects of trucking!
April 11, 2013
This is a great read-aloud book
August 7, 2014
Colorful story about lots of different trucks and all the things they do.
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