Wake Up Engines Book

From the creators of the luminous GOOD NIGHT ENGINES comes an energetic good-morning book filled with short, rhyming text that fairly bounces off the page, lots of onomatopoeia, and bright, vibrant close-ups of all kinds of vehicles and aircraft. School buses, garbage trucks, street sweepers, helicopters, and more crank up their noisy motors as a little boy climbs out of bed and starts his day. No little engine lover should be without a copy of this winsome book, as dynamic and peppy as its companion was soothing and sleepy.

Children's Literature

This title is a grand accompaniment to the author's previous book, Good Night Engines. Youngsters are sure to enjoy the rhyming text that is full of words that evoke sounds made by all types of motors. The story begins with a small boy waking up to a day filled with both real and imaginary experiences. While brushing his teeth, he hears the huge street cleaning machine swishing outside. As he places his stuffed animals in his toy school bus, a real one is passing by with flashing red lights, creaking brakes, and a roaring engine. As he eats breakfast, he hears the noisy clanking of the garbage truck in the alley. Later, he plays with his toy helicopter and pretends that the local traffic helicopter is overhead. Youngsters are sure to enjoy this wonderful blend of fact and imagination. The artwork is perfectly attuned to the text, with its bold use of color that is both sharp and satiny. Add this book to your collections for use in storytime and by children on their own.