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Melvin Might?
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Melvin Might? Hardcover - 2008

by Jon Scieszka; David Shannon (Illustrator); David Gordon (Illustrator)

Cement Mixer Melvin worries a lot. He worries he might get dirty or stuck. But one fateful day Rescue Rita is in need of a little rescuing, and Trucktown's biggest worrywart is the only one who can save the day. There's just one problem: he worries that he can't. Full color.


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"Characters and environments developed by the Design Garage: David Shannon, Loren Long, David Gordon."

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  • Title Melvin Might?
  • Author Jon Scieszka; David Shannon (Illustrator); David Gordon (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 44
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2008-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9781416941347 / 1416941347
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.53 x 10.17 x 0.45 in (26.75 x 25.83 x 1.14 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Library of Congress subjects Fear, Fear in children
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007021698
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2008, Page 82
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2009, Page 10
  • School Library Journal, 01/01/2009, Page 84

About the author

Jon Scieszka is the creator of Trucktown, including the New York Times bestselling Smash, Crash!, and the author of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!, the Time Warp Trio series, Caldecott Honor Book The Stinky Cheese Man, and many other books that inspire kids to want to read. He has worked as an elementary school teacher and is the founder of GuysRead.com, a literacy initiative for boys.

David Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award winning picture books including Duck on a Bike, the Caldecott Honor Book No David!, How I Learned to be a Pirate, and Good Boy Fergus. 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.

David Gordon has done visual development for numerous production companies from Lucasfilm to Pixar, including Toy Story; Monsters, Inc.; A Bug's Life; Cars; BlueSky's Robots; and Nickelodeon's Spongebob Squarepants. He's also written and illustrated several picture books, among them Hansel and Diesel, The Three Little Rigs, The Ugly Truckling, and Smitten. He's one of the illustrators of Jon Scieszka's fifty-two-book, New York Times bestselling series, Trucktown. Visit him at IllustratorRanch.com.

Loren Long illustrated President Barack Obama's Of Thee I Sing; the newest version of The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper; Madonna's second picture book, Mr. Peabody's Apples; Nightsong by Ari Berk; Frank McCourt's Angela and the Baby Jesus; Love by Matt de la Pea; and If I Was the Sunshine by 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 Time, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. He lives with his wife and two sons in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit him at LorenLong.com.

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