TRUCKY ROADS

Meet dozens of marvelous trucks.

“Some people look at the road and just see TRUCKS.” But Trucky Roads, a bearded, brown-skinned, pink-hatted vehicle enthusiast, knows that “there are all KINDS of trucks.” Trucky’s every bit as enthusiastic about the plethora of vehicles gracing these pages as readers will be. Miller puts a clever spin on a well-tread topic. Everyone’s heard of fire trucks…but what about an earth truck (a green truck filled with dirt), a water truck (a blue vehicle with a long hose curling off its side), and a wind truck (a bus with a windmill on top)? And we all know about tow trucks…but what about toe trucks? Seated in a smiling tow truck, Trucky tows a foot-shaped vehicle containing an array of footwear. The whimsical, lightly rhyming text builds to a fever pitch as Miller lists truck after truck: “Monster Trucks AND Tiger Trucks / Pickup Trucks AND Put-Down Trucks / Diggers AND Mixers AND Rollers AND Cranes / Piggers AND Fixers AND / Bowlers AND Sprains.” It’s sure to provoke giggles and have kids chiming in with their own variations. Skipp’s blocky digital art has a collagelike feel, and the tie-dyed palette, paired with the hilariously surreal array of vehicles and Trucky’s own philosophical attitude (“Truck is in the eye of the beholder,” he tells an onlooker), gives the book a playfully psychedelic vibe.

A gloriously bright, inventive world on wheels.