Alice Schertle

A storm is brewing and Little Blue Truck and his good friend Toad are hurrying home for bed. But who can sleep with all that racket? It's not long before other friends show up seeking safety from the storm. Thunder and lightening sure can be scary, but it's easy to be brave together. When the clouds roll on and the sky is clear, it's all aboard for a bedtime ride! Beep! Beep! Shhh.

A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends.

Lift the flaps to discover the animal babies encountered by Toad and Little Blue Truck when they drive to the farm in the spring.

In every season a little mouse pops out of his hole in the meadow and explores his world, gathering the food and supplies he will need when winter comes.

Beep! Beep! Have you heard the news? There is someone new on the farm! All the animals are curious and cautious about the newcomer--what will he be like? Does he neigh like a horse or oink like a pig? Does he have fur or feathers? Does he swim? Does he fly? Luckily, Blue knows just the thing to help his friends, old and new, feel at home! Making new friends can be scary, but being kind is easy. Little Blue's "Beep!" was loud and clear: We are very...

Rhyming text describes items essential for fun at the beach, from the first grain of sand, to a beach umbrella, to a bucket and shovel, to the waves rolling in to tickle your toes.

A small blue truck gets into a jam, then receives help from his friends.

Little Blue Truck is picking up his animal friends for a Halloween costume party in this lift-the-flap board book.

A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends.

A collection of more than a dozen nursery rhymes in Spanish, from Spain and Latin America on the CD, along with more than two dozen rhymes in the book in Spanish with English translations.