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| Smash! Crash! (Jon Scieszka's Trucktown) | 
| Author: Jon Scieszka
Creators: David Shannon, Loren Long, David Gordon
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $16.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 2113
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 42
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 10.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1416941339
EAN: 9781416941330
ASIN: 1416941339
Publication Date: January 8, 2008
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Condition: BRAND NEW
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Welcome to Jon Scieszka's Trucktown, a brand-new preschool/kindergarten series that will come in more shapes, sizes, and formats than you can shake a bumper at. It's a world where all the characters are trucks, all the stories are action driven, and boys and girls can imagine themselves in all their crazy, loud, funny, creative, excited, full-throttle glory! It's a world where we work at play, and we play at work... and no one's afraid to get dirty or be LOUD! And it all kicks off with Smash! Crash! best friends Jack and Dan are spending their day doing what they do best--smashing and crashing! All the while a strange shadow is following them around every corner... Who is this new addition to Trucktown? What does she want? Rhythmic, rollicking text will get kids' motors running and horns honking with each refrain! This is a book that begs to be read again and again!
Meet the Trucktown Gang 
Jack Truck
Jack is a prankster action hero! He is active, rowdy, messy, loud and goofy. He is the fastest truck and the best-at-truck-sports truck. Jack's work is to play. And he plays, and plays, and plays, and plays. | 
Dump Truck Dan
Dan is Jack Truck's best friend. He is one strong truck and loves to show off that strength, whether its pushing rocks, loading up dirt, or getting into trouble with Jack. | 
Payloader Pete
Pete is Dan's brother, and he is loud, rough, tough and competitive! But he's also the most loyal friend a truck could have. As he puts it "I would take a punch in the grill for those guys." | 
Cement Mixer Melvin
"I'm worried!" and "I don't want to" are two of Melvin's favorite phrases. He is a loveable worrier, which is good because he LOVES to worry. | 
Gabriella Garbage Truck
Gabriella knows everyone and everything. She's a social butterfly and maybe bit of a know-it-all, but still a blast to have around. She can always talk about what's going on! And talk... and talk... and... | 
Monster Truck Max
Max is everything you would expect a monster truck to be. Especially ACTIVE! He is oversized, jacked up, and nitro-boosted to the MAX! He's always getting his wild self into trouble and it's a good thing he's got good friends like Jack and Dan to help him along the way. | 
Grader Kat
Sensitive, creative, and mature, Grader Kat is the most artistic truck around. Don't believe it? Check out her tire treads! Her creative ideas and experimental nature make her a great addition to any adventure. | 
Wrecker Rosie
Rosie is big. Rosie is a wrecker. Rosie is a great big wrecker sweet and clumsy and who lives to bounce about wrecking things. But beneath all that noise and wreckage there is also a very big heart. | 
Tow Truck Ted
Tow Truck Ted is smart--really smart. He knows more about truck mechanics, repair, history, and even truck mythology than anybody else. But watch out, he's also got a sly side and he's always got a plan. | 
Izzy Ice Cream Truck
Izzy is an ice cream truck. He sells ice cream and only ice cream. And he says only one thing--"Do you want ice cream? Do you want ice cream? Do you want ice cream?" | 
Hook and Ladder Lucy and Pumper Pat
These fire truck twins are responsible, do-gooder citizens. Practically always together, they love doing things the right way. Lucy thinks they are being responsible. Jack and Dan think theyre a little bossy. | 
Big Rig
Big Rig is a bully. He's a tailgating, horn blasting, black exhaust spewing, license expired, outlaw. And those might be the nicest things you could say about him. The best thing to do with this guy is steer clear. | 
Rescue Rita
Rita is Lucy and Pat's little sister. And the biggest tag-a-long... She just wants to join in on all. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Crashes right into your heart November 16, 2008
My son loves this book so very much. It is always in the three-book-a-night line up. Though the characters are smashing, they are doing what they love and (mostly) helping out others in the process.
My son loves this book! November 5, 2008
My son (not quite two) loves this book and has loved it for six months. It was the first story book that he could sit through and he'd have me read it ten times a day (or more).
Two mischievous trucks play all day, visiting their friends and making lots of noise while helping everyone they come across (fixing a road, stacking barrels, making a pirate fort). In the end they are caught by the wrecking crane and instead of getting into trouble are put to work doing what they do best - smashing and crashing.
We bought all the Trucktown books. My son loves them all. Silly and cute. He can name almost all of the trucks.
Maybe the readers that didn't like the story didn't understand it - you have to look at the pictures to figure out what's going on. My nephew loves this book too!
My Son LOVES Jack & Dan November 4, 2008
My 3 yr old son got this for his b-day a few months ago, and it is his ALL TIME favorite book. It's been our only Trucktown book, but he can tell you who each character is, and can pretty much recite the book for us.
The story is about best friends Jack and Dan, and how they love to Smash and Crash things as they meet up with their other friends. It's not the most in-depth storyline, but it doesn't seem to matter. This book is great for any young boy who's into cars & trucks.
We just purchased another Trucktown book, and it was a hit as well. I'm guessing we're going to own many of them after the holiday season!
Grandson loved it! November 3, 2008
I bought this book to take to my 2yr. 3 mo. grandson, who LOVES story time before bed and just started enjoying "boy" stuff like crashing his trucks. Smash, Crash was a huge hit which was read by request every night. By night three he knew the names of the trucks and the smash, crash. Honestly, after reading it the first time myself, I didn't think much of the story, but he sure did. Grandma GG
 Loud, Raucous Fun October 31, 2008
This book has been a hit with everyone who I have bought it for. If you are a fan of books like "I Stink!" or "Walter the Farting Dog", this book is sure to be a good fit for you. The illustrations are colorful and fun and are accompanied by sound effects that should engage young readers or story hour listeners.
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