Synopses & Reviews
"Talk about your meals on wheels!"and#160;Aand#160;convoy of comic food trucks is heading your way, serving up a mouthful ofand#160;good eatsand#160;with aand#160;side of humor and verse.and#160;They've got everything fromand#160;french fries to falafel. You can sample sushi. Build a burger. Eat an empanada!and#160;There's a food truck flavor to satisfy every appetite in this comically illustrated picture bookand#160;with rhyming text.and#160;A fun andand#160;informative homage to tasty treats and transportation.and#160;Additional fun facts on food history andand#160;nutrition are also peppered throughout the book.
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"A tasty treat on trucks and takeout."
—Kirkus
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"A tasty treat on trucks and takeout."
—Kirkus
"There's plenty of personality in Todd's quirky fleet of trucks."
—Publishers Weekly
"Readers will be inspired to write a poem or design a food truck for a favorite food that's 'rib-stickin', finger-lickin', or toothpick-needin'."
—School Library Journal
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andquot;A tasty treat on trucks and takeout.andquot;
andmdash;Kirkus
andquot;Thereand#39;s plenty of personality in Toddand#39;s quirky fleet of trucks.andquot;
andmdash;Publishers Weekly
andquot;Readers will be inspired to write a poem or design a food truck for a favorite food thatand#39;s and#39;rib-stickinand#39;, finger-lickinand#39;, or toothpick-needinand#39;.andquot;
andmdash;School Library Journal
andquot;What will draw in ravenous readers are Toddand#39;s pen-and-ink illustrations: busy, thick-lined depictions of each heavily themed vehicle, each popping with the kind of detail that will make kids wish there were toy versions.andquot;
andmdash;Booklist Online
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"For junior aficionados of extra-heavy equipment, Todd offers a verbal and visual inventory of delights." Publishers Weekly
"Fourteen monster trucks are brought to life through giant cartoons that roar with personality and an enthusiastic text." School Library Journal
"In this crowd-pleasing portrait gallery, 14 burly, rugged, cartoon trucks pose against monochromatic, minimally detailed backgrounds, accompanied by equally muscular captions... Roar on!" Kirkus Reviews
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These tried-and-true ideas invite browsing before and during festivities, and may well inspire.
Publishers Weekly
From campires to robots, this purports to be a guide to all the things that a child could be for Halloween.
Kirkus Reviews
A lighthearted look at the less scary aspects of Halloween.
School Library Journal
The words are scary with the right touch of comedy, and kids will relish the sounds...as mch as the action.
Booklist, ALA
Synopsis
"Talk about your meals on wheels " A convoy of comic food trucks is heading your way, serving up a mouthful of good eats with a side of humor and verse. They've got everything from french fries to falafel. You can sample sushi. Build a burger. Eat an empanada There's a food truck flavor to satisfy every appetite in this comically illustrated picture book with rhyming text. A fun and informative homage to tasty treats and transportation. Additional fun facts on food history and nutrition are also peppered throughout the book.
Synopsis
A comical fleet of fourteen food trucks is rolling into town in this fun and informativeand#160;picture book about the street food craze.and#160;Mark Todd's cartoon illustrations and rhyming text introduceand#160;this culinaryand#160;convoy as they take toand#160;the streetsand#160;serving up yummy treatsand#160;and some surprising facts about America's contemporary chuckwagons.
Synopsis
Truck-loving toddlers will delight in this big, bright, bold book all about trucks. Adults will chuckle as they discover not just the descriptive verse about the truck but that each truck has a personality. There is the milk truck, Senor Moo, and the Snow Plow, Mr. Salty, and donand#8217;t forget every little oneand#8217;s favorite, Big Red, the fire truck. Included at the end of the book is a key to the 14 types of trucks with all sorts of interesting features and facts about each truck. Sure to impress old and young readers alike!
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What will you be for Halloween? Mark Todd answers that perennial question with eleven clever poems and illustrations.
A mysterious mummy, groaning and moaning, bandaged from head to toe.
What he looks like, only his mummy knows.
A witch? A werewolf? A pirate? A mummy? The perfect book for any child whos trying to figure out what to dress up as for Halloween night.
Synopsis
This is a book of original poetry by and for teens. Dramatic, plaintive, despairing, and hopeful, this unusual collection has been gathered together by artists Esther Pearl Watson and Mark Todd and dramatically illustrated with stunning paintings. The illustrators searched Web sites and sought the help of the editors of REACT and SEVENTEEN magazines to find poems by teenagers. When they had selected twenty-five poems, Mark illustrated the boys' poems, while Esther illustrated those written by girls.
About the Author
Like many kids raised in the 70's, Mark was influenced at an early age by Star Wars and comic books. Unlike many kids, he grew up just a few miles from the Vegas strip, its neon and glitz looming over the city. He graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and currently lives and works in the Los Angeles area with his wife, artist Esther Pearl Watson, their daughter Lili and Mr. Pickles, a lovely French Bulldog.