Series: Little Golden Book
Hardcover: 24 pages
Publisher: Golden Books; Little Golden Book edition (May 10, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375861327
ISBN-13: 978-0375861321
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.2 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (209 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 2
It is okay for a book about monster trucks...considering what they do. I don't know that I like how they portray monster trucks withe certain words and pictures though (it could just be because I hate monster truck ralley's, and don't know that it is that great for a kid to want to love to break things). But I am sure most kids love it.Mudenstein is the red truck on the cover with sharp pointy teeth. Some of the things he says are "I smash, I bash, I crash, I love the sound of breaking glass"...."I was made to make mud fly"...I make tight twists and extreme turns, when I race, I race to win" (and they show him covering almost the whole page, with a small green monster truck in the bottom corner looking like he was beat up and is all bruised and broken and dripping oil). Then they say "but racing isn't everything, I'm gargantuan and graceful. The freestyle even is where I show off my smooth moves." (Really? "Gargantuan"? Do kids even know what that leans, let alone pronounce it?) "I like to smash cars under my big wheels...The more I crunch 'em, the louder my fans cheer"Then they introduce another monster truck. "I think Car-tauro-saurus Rex wants my leftovers. He's a monster machine that eats cars and breaths fire, but don't worry Monster trucks aren't afraid of anything, I'll put this mechanical menace back in its cage. (Not only is he an evil looking, fire breathing, red-eyed, very sharp tooth truck, looking like he is enjoying every minute of eating small cars, but again, do kids really know what "mechanical menace" means?) The last thing was "Here's my buddy Bily Rex in the demolition derby...they smash and bash and crash each other until there is only one car left in the mud...
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