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Alice Schertle: Little Blue Truck (Hardcover, 2008, Harcourt Children's Books)

A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help …

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

It has trucks. It has animal sounds. The villain learns a lesson about the importance of strong community ties. What more could you possibly want?

KID VERDICT: Well liked. I can usually sell him on this one if he's feeling indecisive. Learned the phrase "muck and mire" from it. He spent several weeks accusatorially telling me the toad was a frog, and was unswayed by my claim that it needed to rhyme with "road".