Jon Scieszka

Trucksgiving Jon Scieszka

Brief Description: "Characters and environments developed by the Design Garage; David Shannon, Loren Long, David Gordon."Marc Notes: ; The trucks of Trucktown create their own annual day of giving thanks.; 1; Ages 4-6. Publisher Marketing: Trucktown has a tradition every year at Trucksgiving! Find out what it is in the latest Ready to Roll in the New York Times Bestselling series! Review Citations:

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 55 (EAN 9781416941576, Hardcover)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 55 (EAN 9781416941460, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Scieszka, Jon Jon Scieszka is the National Ambassador for Children's Literature emeritus and the bestselling author of more than twenty-five books for kids, including The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Math Curse, Robot Zot!, and the Time Warp Trio series. Jon founded Guys Read to encourage a passion for reading among young boys, with the philosophy that boys love to read most when they are reading things they love. A former elementary school teacher, Jon lives in Brooklyn with his family. For more great books, more great facts, and more about your favorite authors, head over to www.guysread.com. You'll be glad you did. Contributor Bio:  Shannon, David David Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award winning picture books including "Duck on a Bike", the Caldecott Honor Book "No David!, How I Learned to be a Pirate", and "Good Boy Fergus". He is also one of the collaborative illustrators in Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. David lives with his wife and his daughter in Los Angeles. Contributor Bio:  Long, Loren Loren Long illustrated President Barack Obama's "Of Thee I Sing"; the newest version of "The Little Engine that Could"; Madonna's second picture book, "Mr. Peabody's Apples"; "Nightsong" by Ari Berk; and" "the Barnstormers series. He also illustrated Frank McCourt's "Angela and the Baby Jesus" and is part of the Design Garage for Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. Loren's work has appeared in "Time", "Sports Illustrated", "Forbes", "The Wall Street Journal, " and "The Atlantic". He lives with his wife and two sons in Westchester, Ohio. Visit him at LorenLong.com. Contributor Bio:  Gordon, David David Gordon is the author and illustrator of "The Ugly Truckling" and "The Three Little Rigs". He has also done concept work for Pixar's "Toy Story I" and "II"; "A Bug's Life; Monsters, Inc.;" and "Cars", as well as the hit Nickelodeon cartoon show "SpongeBob SquarePants". He helped design the characters in BlueSky's feature film "Robots". Dave Gordon lives in New York City, where he continues to create stories for children.