Road Crew Coming Through
📅 PublishedOctober 12, 2021
📖 FormatHardcover · 44 pp
👶 Reading Age2-4 years
📊 Reading LevelAD730L (Adult Directed), 3.7
Read Aloud for Your Family
Press play, gather the kids, and let the story do the work.
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ABOUT THE CREATORS
About the Author and Illustrator
AUTHOR
Sherri Duskey Rinker
Author of the NYT #1 bestseller Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site.
ILLUSTRATOR
AG Ford
NAACP Image Award recipient who uses wax oil crayons for a warm, tactile look.
Sherri Duskey Rinker
Sherri Duskey Rinker is the author of the New York Times number-one bestseller Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site. She lives in the Chicago area with her photographer husband and two sons.
Illustrator
AG Ford
AG Ford, a recipient of the NAACP Image Award, illustrated this sequel using wax oil crayons, which gives the trucks a warm, tactile look. He has illustrated several number-one bestsellers in the broader Construction Site series.
Who This Book Is For
The book is on the 2-4 shelf, but it works just as well for preschool kids up to age 5 who still love a clear start-to-finish story arc. Truck fans will read it again and again.
What Happens in the Book
The original crew from Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site is back. Crane Truck, Excavator, and Dump Truck roll out early in the morning. They have a bigger job today. They are going to build a road.
A new crew is already on site. Roller waits to flatten the dirt. Grader scrapes the surface smooth. Paver lays down fresh asphalt, hot and black. Stripe Truck paints the center lines and the bright crosswalks. Each truck takes a turn, one job at a time, and the road grows longer with every page.
By sunset, the road stretches from the city out past the hills. Every truck on every crew heads home. Engines power down. Lights go off. The build-then-rest rhythm of the series carries the kids into their own bedtime.
The road crew rolls, grades, and paves in turn, one job at a time, with the asphalt going down hot and black.
By sunset the road stretches past the hills, and every truck powers down for the night.
Why It Works for Kids
Toddlers do not want a long story. They want a story they can repeat. The book gives them one. Each truck has a single action: roll, scrape, pave, paint, stripe. The page turns line up with the work, so even a two-year-old can call out the next truck before the rhyme lands.
The art does the same job for the eye. AG Ford’s wax oil crayon illustrations show the trucks from the same three-quarter view almost every time, which means the kid does not have to rebuild the scene in their head between pages. The colors warm up as the road gets longer. By the last spread, the sun is low and the trucks look tired. That is the cue. Time to sleep.
Toddlers do not want a long story. They want a story they can repeat. — Construction Site: Road Crew Coming Through!
Learn More About This Book
Official & Community
- Chronicle Books product page (publisher)
- Reviews on Goodreads
- Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site on Wikipedia
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this book different from Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site?
Yes. The first book is about a construction site winding down at bedtime. This one is about a brand-new road being built during the day. Same rhyme style, different job, different trucks.
Which trucks appear in the book?
Crane Truck, Excavator, and Dump Truck return from the original. They are joined by Roller, Grader, Paver, and Stripe Truck, the new road-building crew.
Why do kids like this book?
Each truck has a clear, single job, and the pages reward kids who can name the machines. The story ends with the trucks powering down, which gives a clean rhythm to the bedtime read-aloud.
What other books are like this one?
Try Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site, Mighty, Mighty Construction Site, Construction Site on Christmas Night, and Construction Site Mission: Demolition, all by Sherri Duskey Rinker.
