SORCHE FAIRBANK
SORCHE FAIRBANK lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and in New York’s Hudson Valley. While the first picture books she ever loved tended to involve animals (church mice, an elephant king, circus koalas, a pig with a talking bone), her nephews’ passion for stories about trucks won her over. Trucks on Trucks is her first picture book.
Good Luck, Ice Cream Truck!
Greenwillow Books – April 29, 2025
Neighborhood friends greet eight different trucks until the truck they're really waiting for—the ice cream truck—finally arrives. A sweet and colorful celebration of vehicles, community, friendship, and ice cream!
So many trucks drive down our street,
each with a job it must complete.
We’ll wave to all and wish them luck,
until we see the ICE CREAM TRUCK!
The sweet anticipation of waiting for the ice cream truck is tempered by the arrival of eight other trucks—a dump truck, a mail truck, a fire truck, a news truck, a utility truck, an excavator, a garbage truck, and a cement truck—in this picture book celebration of vehicles, professions, community, friendship, and delicious ice cream. Illustrated by Terry Runyan and featuring a lively call-and-response text by Sorche Fairbank, Good Luck, Ice Cream Truck! will appeal to preschoolers everywhere. A great choice for readers who love things that go!
Praise for GOOD LUCK ICE CREAM TRUCK
“Transportation-loving tots will eagerly exclaim over the various vehicles.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Fairbank uses her talent of poetry to happily and inclusively tell the story of a neighborhood of young animals that wave hello and wish luck to the drivers of eight different trucks.” —School Library Journal
TRUCKS ON TRUCKS
Greenwillow Books – May 17, 2022
What’s better than a truck? A truck on top of another truck! Trucks on Trucks hits the highways and the byways while exploring basic concepts such as size, shape, color, numbers, and professions. A wonderful choice for children who love vehicles vehicles and books such as Donald Crews’s Truck and Freight Train, and Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry’s Little Blue Truck.
Trucks on trucks on trucks! Large trucks, small trucks, red trucks, blue trucks . . . and don’t forget about your truck.
Featuring Sorche Fairbank’s lively, rhythmic text and illustrator Nik Henderson’s bold and energetic art, this picture book stars page after page of trucks hauling trucks. Trucks on Trucks is custom-built for vehicle lovers and introduces young readers to basic preschool concepts such as size, colors, numbers, professions, and community. A fresh new take on the classic “things that go” theme.
Praise for TRUCKS ON TRUCKS
“The power of varied repetition hooks even readers who aren’t truck aficionados ... lots of strong shapes and whimsical details that draw plenty of laughs.” —Publishers Weekly
“What could be better than a truck? Two trucks, one on top of the other! . . . A colorful picture book, which features a new combination or two on each double-page spread. . . . Created with gouache and digital elements, the vibrant illustrations show a strong sense of color, composition, and child appeal. . . . The book could be used for counting, identifying colors, or sorting by size. With eye-catching jacket art, this book will quickly find its audience.” —Booklist