"Grumpy Monkey meets Little Blue Truck meets Toy Story in this hilarious picture book about a play truck who is cast out by the other toys for doing his job, created by Daniel Bernstrom and Pura Belpré Award winning artist, Marcelo Verdad.
Welcome to Toyville, where Dump Truck does his work. His dirty work. Dump Truck cleans, fixes, and dumps stuff because—hey!—it’s his job.
But the other toys can’t stand Dump’s less-than-tidy appearance.
So they make a new rule: NO DIRTY DUMP TRUCKS.
When Dump Truck gets dumped, what will he—and the other toys—do?
Find out in this funny yet thoughtful tale about working together and proving that there’s nothing wrong with getting a little dirty."
"From Daniel Bernstrom, the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, comes a charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city.
A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever. After helping Grandma realize that the city makes music as beautiful as the sounds they hear in church on Sunday morning, the two sit down and take in all the sounds of the city…together.
Song in the City bridges the gap between generations of music and family, while centering love, understanding, and joy.
A Bank Street College of Education’s Children’s Book Committee’s Best Children’s Books of the Year pick!"
"A clever little girl outsmarts a silly hungry shark in this rhyming underwater read-aloud romp—perfect for ages 3–7.
A clever little girl 'with a net for catching pearls' meets a shark who wants nothing more than to eat her for dinner. Diving into these gorgeous pages, readers will find nothing short of a classic tale: a bully being shown up by his weaker and far more clever adversary! An ebullient and unabashedly entertaining read aloud, One Day at the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea has enough bite to excite readers of all ages.
Delightful characters are perfectly matched to Daniel Bernstrom's rollicking tale of bravery, trickery and undersea adventure."
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