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Thursday, June 24, 2021

So Many Ways! All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors by Davina Bell


I'M OFF ON AN OUTING WITH MY MOM TODAY,

AND WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO THE PARK TO PLAY.

They roll past the usual destinations--the pool, the school.... so... where will they be?

IT'S THE LIBRARY!

"HELLO, THERE, FRANKIE MCGEE!"

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MISS SQUID, THE LIBRAIAN SAYS TO ME!

Mom smiles. This is a kid who loves books! How great is that? Frankie makes a beeline for the shelves and comes right back with a big grin and holds a book up for Mom to see.

It's a book about tractors, one of what seems like the zillions he's already checked out. How 'bout trains and planes, boats and trucks, she suggests? With all the books available for free, why, says she, does Frankie McGee's have to to be... about TRACTORS?

"I'D LOVE TO EXPLAIN THE MANY GLORIOUS FACTORS

THAT GO INTO THE LOVE I HAVE FOR ALL TRACTORS," SAYS FRANKIE.

You see, says Frankie McGee, all those vehicles are great at what they do, but all of them, from cement mixers to submarines, from firetrucks to steamrollers, mostly do just one thing! But tractors, well, they are the Swiss Army knives of vehicles! They have glorious attachments and adaptations to deploy or add on. They can tow or sow, plow up snow, pull a boat, haul a goat, harrow wide furrows, tote a tree.... Frankie goes on and on. Mom shakes her head in frustration, but the librarian checks out the tractor book with a big smile and some good advice for Frankie and for Mom.

"YOU KNOW YOURSELF BEST.

WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, COME FIND ME!"

In this cheery homage to single-minded readers of the primary sort, Davina Bell's brand-new All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors (Greenwillow Books, 2021) bounces along brightly in lively rhymes that salute youngsters who know what they want. Many kids like a smorgasbord of subjects, but others prefer to stick to a favorite subject, sometimes to the dismay of parents. But, as Pete the Cat says, it's all good, and as Frankie points out, when he knows a book by heart, he can read it to himself--or to his mother, who will, with the help of illustrator Jenniy Lovlie's tractor-filled endpapers and pages, no doubt learn the many factors that make tractors irresistible.

"... a rollicking love letter, not just to tractors, but also to libraries," says Book Page.

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