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‘Very, Very Noisy Tractor’ a very, very good read This morning, you got up and brrrrrrrrooooomed to breakfast. After that, you stomp-hopped to brush A Very, Very Noisy Tractor your teeth, zoomed back to get dressed, By Mar Pavón and Nivola Uyá rummaged around for your favorite toy, c.2013, Cuento De Luz, distributed grabbed your stuff and clomped out the door to greet the day. by IPG $15.95 And your mom knew where you were the whole time because you weren’t 28 pages exactly quiet, were you? THE BOOKWORM SEZ In the new book “A Very, Very Noisy Tractor” by Mar Pavón and Novila Uyá, By Terri Schlichenmeyer everybody in the area knows who’s comlady, too, and said that ing down the road. people like her shouldn’t It was a quiet day in the country, when a lady drive tractors. with a huge hairdo came putt-putting down the But a young boy on road on a tractor. A pizza delivery boy heard her coming and hollered that “Ladies with crazy hairdos the side of the road was curious because shouldn’t drive tractors,” but she never heard it he hoped to have a because the tractor was too noisy. tractor just like A few miles later, someone with thick glasses that one someday. shouted that “Ladies with glasses shouldn’t drive He had a few tractors!” but the lady on the tractor (who wore questions and the thick glasses, too) never heard it because the tractor lady answered him, but was too loud. she couldn’t stay long. Her husDid we say that the lady on the tractor was wear- band — who was a very good cook — ing a raincoat? She was, and a mailman yelled that had dinner waiting for her, so she jumped on ladies wearing raincoats shouldn’t be allowed on the tractor and cha-chugged off down the road. tractors. Of course, the lady on the tractor didn’t At the end of the road, there was a man with a hear him. huge mustache and a huge smile. He didn’t care Soon, she pulled off the road and headed for a vil- what the lady wore or what colors she had on. The lage filled with flowers and happy colors. But the little girl with him didn’t care what the lady on the villagers weren’t so happy — they shouted at the tractor carried, either. They saw what they saw, and it was love. It’s hard not to be totally charmed by “A Very, Very Noisy Tractor.” It’s cute, filled with positivity, and is
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It’s hard not to be totally charmed by ‘A Very, Very Noisy Tractor.’ It’s cute, filled with positivity, and is curiously inspirational. curiously inspirational. It’s also a little odd: adult sensibilities might notice that Pavón and Uyá seem to end their book twice — but turn the page, and there’s plenty of story left. That’s not bad, from a kids’ point-of-view, but it’s something for parents to remember as their story-reading starts to wind down. Still, the good here vastly outweighs that relatively minor oddity: kids will love the humor and the appealing characters. Adults will enjoy the dream-affirming message inside, and the illustrations are absolutely irresistible. Translated from a Spanish version, I think this book is just right for 3-to-7-yearolds who love a good read-aloud. If that’s your little one, then “A Very, Very Noisy Tractor” is a book they’ll shout about. Look for the reviewed book at a bookstore or a library near you. You may also find the book at online book retailers. The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer. Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book. She lives in Wisconsin with three dogs and 10,000 books. ❖