{"product_id":"take-a-trip-with-trucktown-9781416941811","title":"Take a Trip with Trucktown!","description":"Gabriella is bored, but Rosie has a solution. ROAD TRIP! The trucks have never been out of Trucktown and everything they find in the country is new. Even though the smell of fresh grass, fresh apples, and fresh flowers is delicious, there's nothing quite like the smell of home!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award winning picture books including \u003ci\u003eDuck on a Bike\u003c\/i\u003e, the Caldecott Honor Book \u003ci\u003eNo David!, How I Learned to be a Pirate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood Boy Fergus\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also one of the collaborative illustrators in Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. David lives with his wife and his daughter in Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLoren Long illustrated President Barack Obama's \u003ci\u003eOf Thee I Sing\u003c\/i\u003e; the newest version of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Engine that Could\u003c\/i\u003e by Watty Piper; Madonna's second picture book, \u003ci\u003eMr. Peabody's Apples\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNightsong\u003c\/i\u003e by Ari Berk; Frank McCourt's \u003ci\u003eAngela and the Baby Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e by Matt de la Peña; and \u003ci\u003eIf I Was the Sunshine \u003c\/i\u003eby Julie Fogliano. He also wrote and illustrated the Otis series and was part of the Design Garage for Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. Loren's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife and two sons in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit him at LorenLong.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Gordon has done visual development for numerous production companies from Lucasfilm to Pixar, including \u003ci\u003eToy Story\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMonsters, Inc\u003c\/i\u003e.; \u003ci\u003eA Bug's Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCars\u003c\/i\u003e; BlueSky's \u003ci\u003eRobots\u003c\/i\u003e; and Nickelodeon's \u003ci\u003eSpongebob Squarepants\u003c\/i\u003e. He's also written and illustrated several picture books, among them \u003ci\u003eHansel and Diesel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Three Little Rigs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ugly Truckling, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmitten\u003c\/i\u003e. He's one of the illustrators of Jon Scieszka's fifty-two-book, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling series, Trucktown. Visit him at IllustratorRanch.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon Spotlight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676277801234,"sku":"9781416941811","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_035e5f0f-a0ff-44cb-89ac-8da5b0d27762.jpg?v=1761051879","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/take-a-trip-with-trucktown-9781416941811","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}