Tremendous Tractors

Tractors get to do all the fun jobspulling all sorts of farm machinery and, best of all, getting completely covered with dirt. The cheerful cast of animal characters couldn't be happier plowing the ground and planting seedsthis trio of friendly farmers guarantees cover-to-cover traction action.

Tony Mitton is a widely anthologized children's poet, as well as a teacher and performing poet. His Royal Raps won the 1997 Nottinghamshire Libraries/Dillons Children's Book Award. His recent collection of poetry, Plum, won the Publishers Weekly 2003 Cuffies Award for Best Book of Poetry. Tony teamed with illustrator Ant Parker on several books, including Dazzling Diggers, Roaring Rockets, and Terrific Trains. Ant Parker studied drawing and printing at the Bath Academy of Art in England and has taught papermaking, printing and bookbinding workshops for children. Toddlers and parents around the globe have discovered the irresistible appeal of his wacky cartoon characters in Flashing Fire Engines, Terrific Trains, Dazzling Diggers, and Roaring Rockets.

Children's Literature
The set should be just the ticket for the nursery school market.