Central Kansas Library System

A boy and his friends enjoy playing in the mud.

In Ammi-Joan Paquette and Elisa Ferro's read-aloud preschool picture book, Mucky Truck, a little truck gets stuck in the mud, and it's up to his other truck friends-crane, digger, forklift, and fire engine-to help him out. When a little truck gets stuck in the mud, his other truck friends come to his aid. At the end of the day, it's fire engine to the rescue! And the five friends celebrate by playing together in the slippy, sloshy, oh-so-mucky...

As winter melts into spring, the frozen earth turns into magnificent mud.

Ducks escape from trucks that are stuck in the muck.

Explains what mud is, where it is found, what kinds of animals and plants live in it, and how it can be made into bricks or pottery.

Presents a brief history of mud racing; describes the preparation needed, the types of vehicles involved, the mud pit, and happenings at a main event; concludes with a glossary of terms.

Although each child is making a mess of his or her own, they all deny responsibility for the mud being tracked through the house.

Mrs. Wishy-Washy washes her farm animals in her large metal tub.

Three trucks go for a drive, but Red Truck gets stuck in the mud.

Red Tractor helps with lots of jobs around the farm and has rescued the farmer and other animals when they were stuck in the mud, but who is there to help Red Tractor the day that he gets stuck? Includes word recognition quesions, gold star reward stickers and badges, and information for parents about reading with young children.