{"product_id":"smash-crash-hardcover","title":"Smash! Crash! - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Scieszka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Shannon\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eLoren Long\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Jon Scieszka's Trucktown, a brand-new preschool\/kindergarten series that will come in more shapes, sizes, and formats than you can shake a bumper at. It's a world where all the characters are trucks, all the stories are action driven, and boys and girls can imagine themselves in all their crazy, loud, funny, creative, excited, full-throttle glory  It's a world where we work at play, and we play at work...and no one's afraid to get dirty or be LOUD  And it all kicks off with \u003ci\u003eSmash  Crash \u003c\/i\u003e Best friends Jack and Dan are spending their day doing what they do best - smashing and crashing  All the while a strange shadow is following them around every corner...Who is this new addition to Trucktown? What does she want? Rhythmic, rollicking text will get kids' motors running and horns honking with each refrain  This is a book that begs to be read again and again\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJon Scieszka\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the creator of Trucktown, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eSmash, Crash!\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!\u003c\/i\u003e, the Time Warp Trio series, Caldecott Honor Book \u003ci\u003eThe Stinky Cheese Man\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award winning picture books including \u003ci\u003eDuck on a Bike\u003c\/i\u003e, the Caldecott Honor Book \u003ci\u003eNo David!, How I Learned to be a Pirate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood Boy Fergus\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLoren Long illustrated President Barack Obama's \u003ci\u003eOf Thee I Sing\u003c\/i\u003e; the newest version of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Engine that Could\u003c\/i\u003e by Watty Piper; Madonna's second picture book, \u003ci\u003eMr. Peabody's Apples\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNightsong\u003c\/i\u003e by Ari Berk; Frank McCourt's \u003ci\u003eAngela and the Baby Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLove\u003c\/i\u003e by Matt de la Peña; and \u003ci\u003eIf I Was the Sunshine \u003c\/i\u003eby 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 \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife and two sons in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit him at LorenLong.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Gordon has done visual development for numerous production companies from Lucasfilm to Pixar, including \u003ci\u003eToy Story\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMonsters, Inc\u003c\/i\u003e.; \u003ci\u003eA Bug's Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCars\u003c\/i\u003e; BlueSky's \u003ci\u003eRobots\u003c\/i\u003e; and Nickelodeon's \u003ci\u003eSpongebob Squarepants\u003c\/i\u003e. He's also written and illustrated several picture books, among them \u003ci\u003eHansel and Diesel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Three Little Rigs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ugly Truckling, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmitten\u003c\/i\u003e. He's one of the illustrators of Jon Scieszka's fifty-two-book, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling series, Trucktown. 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