Time for School, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

In the song, Smith meets a donkey on the road. It is three-legged, and so a “wonky donkey” that, on further examination, has but one eye and so is a “winky wonky donkey” with a taste for country music and therefore a “honky-tonky winky wonky donkey,” and so on to a final characterization as a “spunky hanky-panky cranky stinky-dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky donkey.” A free musical recording (of this version, anyway—the author’s website hints at an adults-only version of the song) is available from the publisher and elsewhere online. Even though the book has no included soundtrack, the sly, high-spirited, eye patch–sporting donkey that grins, winks, farts, and clumps its way through the song on a prosthetic metal hoof in Cowley’s informal watercolors supplies comical visual flourishes for the silly wordplay. Look for ready guffaws from young audiences, whether read or sung, though those attuned to disability stereotypes may find themselves wincing instead or as well.

Hee haw. (Picture book. 5-7)

小蓝卡车了解到他可以和大黄色校车一样重要。

一天清晨，小蓝卡车沿着乡间小路行驶，他和司机朋友蟾蜍遇到了一辆黄色的大校车。校车很友好，她的动物乘客也很友好，但是当小蓝卡车大声希望他能像她一样做一项重要的工作时，校车说只有她大小和功能的公共汽车才能完成这项工作。小蓝卡车继续前行，有点羡慕，发现猪崽子在路边哭，错过了公共汽车。小蓝让小猪爬进去，走一条创造性的路去学校——公共汽车无法通过这条路——带着冒险精神，准时把小猪送到那里。简单、押韵的文本以甜美、清新、老式的语气开启故事，并以毫不费力的节奏线条贯穿始终。小蓝是一个勇敢、乐于助人、和充满希望的性格年轻读者会支持。与孩子们分享这个故事时，成年人会感到一股怀旧之情，并乐于分享这个故事，因为在天真、色彩缤纷的乡村场景中的动画车辆和动物唤起了健康的性格特征和成长、勇气和自我接纳的价值观。

学龄前人群的绝佳选择。 （绘本。3-7）