"[A] standout board book series starter. . . .Minimalism motors toward an expansive experience in this smart work that puts youngest readers in the driver’s seat." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) From Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen comes the first board book in the Your Things series for the youngest of children.
This is your truck. It is yours to have. Your truck is red, but it could be other colors too. It can carry things around, like a chair and table, a dog, or a horse. It will wait for you until you tell it to go, then it will go wherever you want, as far as you want, whenever you want. At the end of the day it will sleep, andyou can sleep, too. Jon Klassen brings his minimalist’s touch to a soothing story of a simple object that a child can command and befriend, one that is there whenever the child chooses to visit it. Building on the quiet but evocative world he created in Your Farm, Your Forest,and Your Island, Jon Klassen invites young children to consider more things that are theirs and theirs alone, reinforcing that they have a right to things like solitude, exploration, and companionship.
About the Author
Jon Klassen is the creator of the Your Places board book series, including Your Farm, Your Forest, and Your Island. He is the author and illustrator of the #1 New York Times best-selling I Want My Hat Back, which won a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions This Is Not My Hat, which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and We Found a Hat, named a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year. He is also the creator of The Rock from the Sky and The Skull, and the illustrator of Extra Yarn, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Triangle, Square, and Circle, all by Mac Barnett. Originally from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Jon Klassen now lives in Los Angeles.
Praise For…
[A] standout board book series starter.. . .Minimalism motors toward an expansive experience in this smart work that puts youngest readers in the driver’s seat. —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The highly simplified illustrations put the truck front and center, where it will capture the attention of truck-loving toddlers. —Booklist
Klassen’s illustrations are charming. . . . This is a natural choice for bedtime collections, toddler story hour, and board book shelves; what could be more delightful than a simple, rhythmic bedtime story with whimsical art? —School Library Journal
Repetition in the short, direct text is child-friendly, as are the understated illustrations, which feature classic Klassen expressive eyes for all animate and inanimate characters. A mix of verso and double-page-spread text placements and the fact that the truck itself is always illustrated facing right help “drive” the story forward. . . . It’s pedal to the metal for Klassen in the board book world. —The Horn Book
