Making Tracks

by Kirsten Hall, Jesus Redondo (Illustrations)

This sturdy book with cool, die-cut tire-tread covers features lots of the trucks that make the biggest tracks!

It's like holding a truck in your hands! This fun, die-cut book with tire-tread covers will introduce Tonka fans to the trucks that make the tracks!

Genres: Childrens

12 pages, Spiral-bound

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

Kirsten is a native New Yorker. After college, where she majored in English and minored in Child Development, Hall taught preschool and then Kindergarten while studying Early Childhood Education in NYU’s masters program. Her first easy reader book was written (and published) when she was in the 7th grade. Since then she has written approximately 150 early reader and chapter books for children, on a broad range of topics, for publishers including Scholastic, HarperCollins, Barnes & Noble, Random House, and Chronicle.
In addition to writing, Hall operates her own boutique illustration and literary agency, Catbird Productions. Hall currently resides in New York City.

Reviews

[Annabel · Rating 3 out of 5]

The tire-styled cover is really fun for children. I didn't have much interest in this book personally but I can definitely see how boys (who have a tendency to like big and powerful machines) and even girls would like this book that defines the different aspects of the machines they are interested in. It's great to have basic books that just define different aspects of a subject that children tend to be interested in because when young children really get into something they want to know ALL of the facts about it and while children are getting more and more tech savvy, I think wikipedia articles about different subjects is just beyond a lot of kids reach. These types of 'mini-dictionary' books are much more ideal and give children something to refer back to instead of always asking their parents. As, I usually note about cardboard based books, I would have added a few more pages of content because it always seems that the thick books sacrifice important content by skimping out on the number of pages. If my young child really got into big machinery I would definitely consider this book to help guide him or her in understanding the basics and then give them more technical or conceptual books.

[Emily Mckinnon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very fun book. I love how it explained in detail what all of these many trucks do. I know for a fact that the little 4 year old boy I nanny would absolutely love this book because he loves anything to do with trucks. The cover of this book would be intriguing to any young boy as it looks like real tires. I don't know that a young girl would be interested in this book, but the cover may be enough to get a young girl interested in the book.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think that this is a very fun book for children interested in tractor and cars. The book shows a lot of different types of tire tracks left by different vehicles and the cover has a fun texture to it.

[Allison W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for boys