Dan the Biggest Dump Truck


Book Description

Dan is the biggest dump truck in the whole wide world. He can fit one hundred elephants in his tipper, and his horn is louder than thunder! Dan wants more than anything to be helpful and work on a construction site, but he’s far too big to help build houses, and he’s even too big to build a bridge. Come ride with Dan in search of new friends and his perfect job.




The Happy Man and His Dump Truck: Read & Listen Edition


Book Description

A happy man thrills a group of farm animals when he takes them for a joy ride in his dump truck. This book is a true classic illustrated by the inimitable Tibor Gergely.




Smash!Crash!


Book Description

Jack Truck and his best friend Dump Truck Dan are spending the day doing their favorite thing... Smashing and Crashing throughout the whole town! Along the way the meet up with their friends and give us a rollicking tour! But when a mysterious shadow falls and a strange voice calls, is the duo in trouble? Or has a new friend come to town to join in all the smashing fun.




J McRoodle & Co. Artificial Unintelligence


Book Description

There is a whole world of information available that you probably never knew you needed. This book will correct this oversight. Such things as the proper way to pick your nose, and then what to do with it, (a bit bizarre, yes, but obviously needed), to the fifty easy steps to changing a light bulb. Short stories, fun poems, serious poems, and other... ummm... things. There is sure to be something for everyone, that may brighten the day, or wreck it with humor. Mostly irreverent, irrelevant, and aEUR~mom friendly' and how much trouble can one get into by reading a book?




Trashy Town


Book Description

I dump it in I smash it down I drive around the trashy town Meet Mr. Gilly. He cleans up Trashy Town. He does it with a big smile and a big truck--which is sure to make him a hero with all the children in the neighborhood. David Clemesha and Andrea Zimmerman have created a rhythmic, repeatable refrain that will roll off the lips of every child. Dan Yaccarino's dynamic art puts the zip in Mr. Gilly's stride and adds style and charm to trash collection. 2000 Notable Children's Books (ALA)




A Fire Truck Named Red


Book Description

Everything old is new again in this lively intergenerational story about a boy and his grandfather fixing up a vintage toy fire truck.




Working Hard with the Mighty Dump Truck


Book Description

Dan and his dump truck spend a busy day hauling supplies to a variety of construction projects and observing other equipment in use




I'm a Truck: Read & Listen Edition


Book Description

Your kids will want to read and listen along with this high-spirited Little Golden Book. How-dee! My name’s Big Blue Bill, and I’m a truck. I’ve got 18 big wheels turning, 600 horses under the hood, and 53 feet o’ trailer hangin’ on behind . . . So begins a book that introduces all types of trucks (with names such as Bony Tony and Leif the Logging Truck), narrated by a good ol’ boy semi-truck! Lively text and bold, colorful artwork of hip, anthropomorphic trucks will transport young readers down highways, into a truck stop, and onto a construction site. This ebook includes Read & Listen audio narration.




In Pursuit of Love


Book Description

Premise: California State Patrol officer, Dan Morgan is looking for love in all the wrong places. Hes a hard-working, good-looking guy with overly protective parents, whos just ready to settle down, but just cant seem to find Ms. Right. He soon finds that date after date, with various determined females, is simply not an effective way of attaining his goal of a happy marriage and kids. Until one night, his routine patrol becomes anything but, as the woman of his dreams; complete with two kids, nutty folks and a violent extakes his sedate world and rocks it to the hilt.




Out to Lunch


Book Description

This book is primariy about people who live on the "fringe" of society. Minimum wage workers, bikers, new agers, etc. Books like Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Roggins, The World According to Garp by Jon Irving, Fear and Loathing by Thompson and even Naked Lunch by Burroughs are influences. The characters bounce around like colorful rubber balls off the narrator-paddle. He is the constant, the voice of reason, but he is influenced at times also. At times, funny, but sometimes the string breaks and tragedy ensues.