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readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
5.0
Read this many years ago but getting in on here finally!
heisereads's review against another edition
4.0
Charming rhymes and illustrations. I can see this being a bedtime favorite in many homes!
bamahnken's review against another edition
4.0
My son loves this book, it’s fun for him to say goodnight to each construction vehicle. He loves construction sites and I love that this is a fun way for him to learn the basic function of each machine to nurture his curiosity.
Although I’m reading this to my son, it disappoints me that every single truck is referred to as “he”, implying they are all male. I want my son to grow up already knowing women can do all the jobs men can do, and this seems to reinforce gender biases that we work so hard to tear down. Sure, I can read “she” instead of “he”, and I do, my three year old doesn’t know, but, I’m deeply disappointed that the female author of this book didn’t think to make even one of these machines female. This is why I cannot give the book 5 stars. 4/5
Although I’m reading this to my son, it disappoints me that every single truck is referred to as “he”, implying they are all male. I want my son to grow up already knowing women can do all the jobs men can do, and this seems to reinforce gender biases that we work so hard to tear down. Sure, I can read “she” instead of “he”, and I do, my three year old doesn’t know, but, I’m deeply disappointed that the female author of this book didn’t think to make even one of these machines female. This is why I cannot give the book 5 stars. 4/5
smithers815's review against another edition
4.0
This is Jaxons new favorite so I feel like I am going to have this super cute book memorized soon!
mochomito's review
3.0
Read the Spanish translation... I really liked that it rhymed in Spanish... I think it probably rhymes in English too, I haven’t read the English version. But it’s cute.
bookiesncreme's review against another edition
Would recommend to kids who love trucks
lissapdx's review against another edition
Tom Lichtenheld is one of my favorite illustrators. I discovered his work—how was I missing it??—in the wonderful Chris Barton picture book, Shark Vs. Train, that you’ve heard me rave about so many times before. Tom’s bold, energetic style crackles with humor and appeal. My kids are all drawn to his work; his illustrations are the kind you pore over, giggling at the details.
I went on a binge last week and ordered all the Lichtenheld our library system could muster. (The entire second row pictured in this link is sitting on my bed right this minute.) The resulting reading pile is a Rillabooks post-in-progress, but I could not resist interrupting myself to write about one particular book from that pile, the one that has completely enchanted my two-year-old son.
Huck’s a truck kid, through and through. Trucks, cars, and trains. Preferably half-buried in dirt. He has staked a claim on a corner of my veggie garden: it’s where the trucks grow. When I saw that Tom Lichtenheld is the illustrator of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker, I knew I’d pretty much found Huck’s dream book.
I underestimated. He is CRAZY about this book, carries it everywhere, begs for it a dozen times a day or more. It’s his Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel (you Ramona fans know what I mean), but I’m not in a Beezus place yet because when I read it to him, he is SO. DARN. CUTE.
It’s a bedtime book set in a construction site. Are you thinking: that’s brilliant? Because the moment I saw it, I thought, that’s brilliant. Five big rough, tough construction vehicles finish their day’s work and get ready for bed, one by one. I wish I could show you every page of the art. If you click on the title above, you can view some images from the book. There’s a book trailer there, too, which HUCK MUST NOT SEE or I’ll never pry him away from the computer ever again.
Besides, I’m greedy for the cuddles this book gets me. My busy boy climbs into my lap and more or less acts out the book—raising an arm high when the crane truck lifts one last beam, whirling his hands when the cement mixer mixes a final load—and when the excavator snuggles into its dirt bed, Huck hugs me tight: “Now we ’nuggle, Mommy.” Ridiculously cute, right?
The best part is right in the middle when the dump truck appears. “Dat me!” he says every time.
“You’re the dump truck?”
“Yes.”
Shh…goodnight, Dump Truck, goodnight.
(Originally posted on my blog: Dump Truck Huck)
I went on a binge last week and ordered all the Lichtenheld our library system could muster. (The entire second row pictured in this link is sitting on my bed right this minute.) The resulting reading pile is a Rillabooks post-in-progress, but I could not resist interrupting myself to write about one particular book from that pile, the one that has completely enchanted my two-year-old son.
Huck’s a truck kid, through and through. Trucks, cars, and trains. Preferably half-buried in dirt. He has staked a claim on a corner of my veggie garden: it’s where the trucks grow. When I saw that Tom Lichtenheld is the illustrator of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker, I knew I’d pretty much found Huck’s dream book.
I underestimated. He is CRAZY about this book, carries it everywhere, begs for it a dozen times a day or more. It’s his Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel (you Ramona fans know what I mean), but I’m not in a Beezus place yet because when I read it to him, he is SO. DARN. CUTE.
It’s a bedtime book set in a construction site. Are you thinking: that’s brilliant? Because the moment I saw it, I thought, that’s brilliant. Five big rough, tough construction vehicles finish their day’s work and get ready for bed, one by one. I wish I could show you every page of the art. If you click on the title above, you can view some images from the book. There’s a book trailer there, too, which HUCK MUST NOT SEE or I’ll never pry him away from the computer ever again.
Besides, I’m greedy for the cuddles this book gets me. My busy boy climbs into my lap and more or less acts out the book—raising an arm high when the crane truck lifts one last beam, whirling his hands when the cement mixer mixes a final load—and when the excavator snuggles into its dirt bed, Huck hugs me tight: “Now we ’nuggle, Mommy.” Ridiculously cute, right?
The best part is right in the middle when the dump truck appears. “Dat me!” he says every time.
“You’re the dump truck?”
“Yes.”
Shh…goodnight, Dump Truck, goodnight.
(Originally posted on my blog: Dump Truck Huck)
jessalynn_librarian's review against another edition
4.0
Ben would give this a 5 - we read it nightly for a while, the illustrations are great, and really my only quibble is that I'm tired of the vast majority of diggers, trucks, trains, and more being written as male. It's easy enough to change a few as you read, but still disappointing.
wishanem's review against another edition
4.0
Adorable and nicely calm
Great for bedtime, full of evocative pictures with expressive characters and beautiful subtle backgrounds. would recommend for bedtime reading for any 2-6 year old.
Great for bedtime, full of evocative pictures with expressive characters and beautiful subtle backgrounds. would recommend for bedtime reading for any 2-6 year old.