I Love You, Little Truck

Big Truck reassures Little Truck as they prepare for bedtime.

As night falls, Little Truck, a small red pickup, poses different scenarios that might make Big Truck’s love waver. Each time, Big Truck explains that their love will never flag. Little Truck asks, “What if I were a big mixing truck? / I might get cemented. / I might get all stuck!” Big Truck replies, “Yes, problems aren’t fun. / But I’ll solve them with you, / each time, one by one.” And so the two continue, Big Truck comforting Little Truck through each concern. In a real tug of the heartstrings, eventually Little Truck wonders what will happen if they are ever apart. Big Truck replies…

An irresistible presentation of unconditional love.(Board book. 2-4)—Kirkus Reviews, Kirkus

PreS-K–Sweet, gentle rhymes introduce readers to Little Truck as they get ready to go to bed. Little Truck questions what Big Truck means when they say, “I love you...With all of my heart.” Various scenarios play out where Little Truck pretends to be a variety of construction vehicles encountering problems. “What if I were a big mixing truck? I might get cemented. I might get all stuck!” However, Big Truck assures them that their love will never go away.

VERDICT Sure to be a hit with young construction lovers, and comforting for any child worried about all those “What ifs.”

“LikeMargaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd’s The Runaway Bunny (1942) andothers before it, this is a heartwarming proclamation of love in all its formsbetween a caregiver and a child. An irresistible presentation of unconditionallove.”

“Sure to be a hit with young construction lovers, and comforting for any child worried about all those ‘What ifs.’”