Monster Trucks!

by Mark Todd

Fourteen types of big trucks with unique personalities, such as Mr. Moo the milk truck and Big Red the fire truck, are introduced through fun facts about their special features and abilities.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Trucks, Transport, Juvenile

32 pages, Hardcover

First published September 22, 2003

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

A colorful, rhyming board book with a bouncy repetitive text that is about big vehicles such as the bulldozer, fire truck, garage truck, and more. Each truck's headlights are made to look like eyes and their grills and bumpers like mouths while also providing an illustration and description of the work being done by each truck. For example, "Monster trucks! Monster trucks! Rolling round mixer trucks. Belly churning and turning, jumbling and tumbling. For all that he eats you think it'd stop grumbling." A fun book for young truck enthusiasts.

[Cherokee - Books With A Chance · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute story about mighty machines, not necessarily monster trucks in the sense that we know them.
Fun rhyming words, cute pictures with funny names, and awesome facts at the end of the book.
My boys (1 & 5) really enjoyed the books, we've read it several times since bringing it home from the library.

[Nicholas Sedillos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Richly detailed yet charmingly cartoony illustrations of various kinds of utility trucks, with explanations of their purposes.

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute, and endlessly appealing to small people who love trucks.

Wouldn’t want to make any of the trucks women, though.

[Scott T.E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great rhyming meter. Fun illustrations :)

[Nola Tillman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book must be Jimmy's favorite. He tries to check it out almost every time we go to the library, and never wants to return it. He especially enjoys it when his Daddy reads to him about all of the different growly sounds the trucks make.

This book makes an excellent exploration of different kinds of trucks. In addition to some funky truck faces and enjoyable rhymes, it also has a section in the back that provides information about each truck: the weight, capacity, and special features at a minimum, and sometmes the length or lift capacity, or whatever other interesting fact is needed. There are 12 trucks covered: a dump truck, garbage truck, milk tanker truck, bulldozer, snowplow roller truck, fire (ladder) truck, sweeper, tow truck, concrete mixer, semitrailer truck, and digger/excavator. It was especially neat to see the snowplow and sweeper, which don't get as much coverage in the various truck books we have read.

The rhyme and repetition here make this a great book to read to your kids.

[Melissa Foley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Students around the ages of 2-8 will probably enjoy this book the most, but quite honestly, I think it is a fun read for all ages. This book is a monster size board book about all kinds of monster trucks. With its brightly colored illustrations and short verses full of rhyme and humor, its a must-have for all students.

This would be great to engage young boys into reading. Furthermore, it has brightly colored trucks with funny faces, that kids find funny.

This could be great to help kids understand poetry, rhyme, and descriptive language. They could use the book and follow a similar format using different concepts or themes.

[A · Rating 4 out of 5]

My two-year-old nephew would probably rate this as five stars if he understood what I was talking about. In the last 24 hours I have read this book to him more than a dozen times. It only doesn't rate five stars for me because some of the rhymes don't scan right, but the trucks are certainly child-tested and fascinating. He also has fun turning the over-size board book pages and identifying some of the large letters used on the trucks' names (like "Mr. Salty" for the snow plow or "Doug" for the digger).

[Ashlee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like that this book covers all the major trucks but in a way that is different from every other truck book we have looked at. This book uses rhyme, onomatopoeia and facts to teach about the major monster trucks like snow plows, diggers, milk trucks, etc. I would give the book as a gift to other little boys that love trucks.

[Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has quickly become a favorite! I love the repetitive language "Monster trucks, monster trucks. My son loves to read along with me as I read. This book allows you to read the story, but it also allows you to look at the Trucks, discuss the parts, and the creative names for each of the trucks. There are many ways to use this book. We love it

[The Brothers · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little rhyming story about all the different types of big work trucks. You have to use a growly, monster voice when you read it out loud.

The illustrations are okay. Nothing really unique or special.

[Romelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

MONSTER TRUCKS! by Mark Todd is a perfect rhyming picture book for the truck enthusiast. It makes a great read-aloud! It includes back matter of facts on the 14 different types of trucks featured in the book. It includes information such as speed, weight, lift capacity, special features, etc.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alex really likes this book and it is one that he grabs often for our late-evening read-athons where he and I both read our respective books while chilling out in his room before bed.

[Colin E.c.]

I love it it's really cool and cause I love monster trucks.

[Christine Turner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Illustrations and easy-to-read text depict a wide variety of trucks, including bulldozers, eighteen-wheelers, garbage trucks, and fire trucks. www.hcpl.net

[jacky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read to this William when he was very young and had some interest in cars and truck as he learned to identify them. Nothing outstanding about it.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great illustrations. The chant rhythm is nice, but the book feels just a few pages too long. But that might just be for me - probably great for a kid really interested in trucks.

[Nalina · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son is 2 and he loves reading this book together first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Great book for any kid who loves trucks!

[Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023) · Rating 2 out of 5]

2* art
2* rhyme

A great selection of trucks. I keep stumbling over the lines, though, the rhythm isn't quite right.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are very cute rhythms in this book. It was fun to read and has nice details in the pictures. This board book would be exciting for any truck-loving child age 4 and younger.

[Vanessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 5 year old enjoyed it being read to him a few times.

[Annabella · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re read April 2014

[Chelsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids love this book (ages 2,4). We have to get it whenever we can from our library.