TRUCK OR TREAT

Trucks at a construction site don Halloween costumes.

This rhyming, lift-the-flap board book features trucks with windshield wipers for eyebrows, bumpers as mouths, and headlights as rosy cheeks. Young transportation lovers will enjoy seeing their favorite trucks dressed up in familiar costumes: a dump truck as a dinosaur, a recycling truck as a robot, and a cement truck as a ballet dancer. Each page shows the dressed-up vehicle; a lift of the flap reveals the working truck sans costume. The get-ups are cute and clever, like the crane, who wears a giraffe costume with ears made from orange traffic cones. Little ones who already love trucks won’t find anything new here, but seeing recognizable favorites in sweet disguises will appeal nonetheless. The rhyming text largely succeeds, keeping the momentum going and even working in the word plié. The story describes the work that the trucks do in addition to showing off their Halloween duds. The construction site includes little nods to the holiday, with jack-o’-lanterns, bats circling the sky, and a bright, full moon overhead. All of these elements together make for a likable little Halloween read. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Sweet and enjoyable toddler fun.