Start Your Engines 5-Minute Stories

Book excerpt: A lively collection of free-wheeling fun, this jam-packed treasury features ten stories about bikes, cars, trains, and machines that can each be read aloud in five minutes flat. Whether they prefer semi trucks, tanker trucks, pickup trucks, or tow trucks, when on-the-go kids need a break from the hustle and bustle this story time collection is there to give them a lift! Features a padded cover with plenty of shine. Includes ten tales that are ready to roll: Curious George Takes a Train by Margret and H. A. Rey Pug in a Truck by Nancy Coffelt All Aboard the Dinotrain by Deb Lund, illustrated by Howard Fine Farmer Dale's Red Pickup Truck by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Ivan Bates Monster Trucks! By Mark Todd Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margot Apple Rush Hour by Christine Loomis, illustrated by Mari Takabayashi Here Comes Darrell by Leda Schubert, illustrated by Mary Azarian Monsters on Machines by Deb Lund, illustrated by Robert Neubecker Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton PLUS jokes from Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry