For babies and toddlers who love learning about vehicles of all kinds comes another colorful book in the Red Truck and Friends series! This rhyming read-aloud takes flight with a new kind of vehicle—helicopters!
★ “A well-crafted text spiced with sound effects… highly recommended for reading aloud.”—Booklist (starred review), on Red Truck
Windy, wonderful Hurray! Our hero on a great fair day Is Yellow Copter!
When a teacher gets stuck at the top of the Ferris wheel at the fair, cranes and planes can’t reach her. The only one who might have a chance is Yellow Copter! Follow along as Yellow Copter lifts off, flying through the sky to save the day! Young readers will love exploring the visually appealing illustrations, mimicking Yellow Copter’s sound effects, and learning how rescue helicopters operate through simple rhyming text.
This charming and thrilling story will have little pilots eager to soar in again and again.
Praise for Red Truck
“With a well-crafted text spiced with sound effects, this appealing picture book is highly recommended for reading aloud to the truck-loving crowd.”—Booklist, starred review
Valeria Petrone is an award-winning illustrator. Her numerous picture books include Red Truck, Blue Boat, and Yellow Copter (all by Kersten Hamilton) and a series by Gianni Rodari (Edizioni El). She does editorial illustration for newspapers and magazines as well as advertising and anima- tion. She also pursues a career as a painter, and her artworks have been exhibited in Italy and abroad. She lives in Milan, Italy.
View titles by Valeria Petrone
For babies and toddlers who love learning about vehicles of all kinds comes another colorful book in the Red Truck and Friends series! This rhyming read-aloud takes flight with a new kind of vehicle—helicopters!
★ “A well-crafted text spiced with sound effects… highly recommended for reading aloud.”—Booklist (starred review), on Red Truck
Windy, wonderful Hurray! Our hero on a great fair day Is Yellow Copter!
When a teacher gets stuck at the top of the Ferris wheel at the fair, cranes and planes can’t reach her. The only one who might have a chance is Yellow Copter! Follow along as Yellow Copter lifts off, flying through the sky to save the day! Young readers will love exploring the visually appealing illustrations, mimicking Yellow Copter’s sound effects, and learning how rescue helicopters operate through simple rhyming text.
This charming and thrilling story will have little pilots eager to soar in again and again.
Praise
Praise for Red Truck
“With a well-crafted text spiced with sound effects, this appealing picture book is highly recommended for reading aloud to the truck-loving crowd.”—Booklist, starred review
Valeria Petrone is an award-winning illustrator. Her numerous picture books include Red Truck, Blue Boat, and Yellow Copter (all by Kersten Hamilton) and a series by Gianni Rodari (Edizioni El). She does editorial illustration for newspapers and magazines as well as advertising and anima- tion. She also pursues a career as a painter, and her artworks have been exhibited in Italy and abroad. She lives in Milan, Italy.
View titles by Valeria Petrone
