Fall 2025

I Truck

A Big Rig's Epic Trip

From the Series On the Move

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Packed with horsepower, towering, tough, / I truck from coast to coast, bringing goods to neighborhoods.

Climb on up into the cab of a semitruck and take a cross-country journey with a driver and her trusty pup! The truck rumbles to the warehouse to pick up a load of toys and encounters many other trucks along the way. It makes multiple stops for deliveries, encounters a snowstorm, and navigates steep mountain roads.

From the creators of I Ship and I Fuel comes an adventure that will keep readers’ imaginations vrooming!

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979-8-7656-1982-7
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$19.99
979-8-7656-8245-6
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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Picture Books, Social Studies
Copyright 2025
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Millbrook Press ™
Language English
Number of Pages 40
Publication Date 2025-10-07
Text Type Informational Fiction
BISACS JUV041030, JUV006000, JUV068000
Dewey 629.224
Dimensions 10.625 x 8.875
Guided Reading Level O
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Glossary, and Original artwork

Author: Kelly Rice Schmitt

Kelly Rice Schmitt is an author of STEAM children’s literature. She holds a B.B.A in Finance and Chinese from the University of Notre Dame and is an advocate for girls in STEM, business, and other fields with gender gaps. She can be found in North Carolina helping other traders grow their businesses, writing for children, and exploring, singing, and creating with her husband and young children.

Illustrator: Jam Dong

Jam Dong was born in Shanghai, China. She has an MA degree of moving image at University of Arts London and graduated from MFA Illustration Practice of Maryland Institute College of Art in 2021. She likes to use bright colors and simple shapes to build the imaginary world inside her mind. The beauty of nature provides her with inspiration all the time. She is a freelance illustrator based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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On the Move

Take readers on unique transportation journeys—narrated by vehicles and even by fuel itself! First-person points of view provide intriguing perspectives on the vital roles that vehicles and fuel play in our lives and in the global economy. Rich back matter provides more detail on the… View available downloads →