Truckers big and small –- we are rolling!
March 17th, 2008

The TRUCKTOWN Tour was just too much fun. We started here in NY with all of the illustrators: Dave Shannon, Loren Long, and Dave Gordon. We all wore our Trucktown blue coveralls. And we smashed and crashed our way from NY to CT to NJ. Then Loren and I covered the Midwest where he lives. And Dave S. and I rolled through the West where he lives.

But our first stop was at the school near me in Brooklyn where I had worked with preschoolers to get inspiration for all of the Trucktown characters. (SMASH! CRASH! is dedicated to all of those preschoolers and their wonderful teachers.) We showed the kids how we put the book together and how we came up with the final illustrations. And then we all yelled SMASH! and CRASH! as loud as we possibly could.

And now I can’t wait for the other books to come out this June. There will be 2 Ready-to-Reads, 2 board books, and a couple coloring and activity books. It’s amazing to me to see the characters come to life. Jack is racing around. Gabby is still talking. And Melvin is just worried about everything.

Check your garage. Here come the Trucktown trucks.

–Jon Scieszka

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