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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
PreS-K This picture book compares and contrasts the utilitarian street sweeper with a grader, snowplow, bulldozer, and other trucks. While it may not be the largest, most powerful, or fastest machine, it performs an important job. Bright, si...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Street sweepers are single-purpose machines—they sweep streets. Here, Moore gives that simple function a complex twist by comparing and contrasting the lowly street sweeper with other road warriors. He begins: "The biggest, fastest, most powerful truck...is not the street sweeper." The following nine double-page spreads establish a repetitive pattern that not only begs for listeners to j...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




