{"product_id":"puppy-truck-brian-pinkney","title":"Puppy Truck;  Brian Pinkney","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2019!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFind out what happens when a boy who wants a puppy gets a truck instead in this simple and sweet picture book from Caldecott Honor winner Brian Pinkney.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVroom…beep…bark!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarter wants a puppy, but he gets a truck instead. So he pets it, puts a leash around it, and takes it to the park.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut the truck won’t sit still! What will Carter do with his rascally Puppy Truck?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJune 25, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in Boston, Massachusetts, (Jerry) Brian Pinkney was raised in an artistic household. \"My two brothers and sister and I played musical instruments, and we were always drawing, painting, or building things,\" the illustrator once recalled of his childhood. While his mother, children's book author Gloria Jean Pinkney, would inspire all her children with a love of reading, it would be his father, illustrator Jerry Pinkney, who would serve as a mentor to young Brian. \"I did everything he did,\" Pinkney would later admit. \"My desk was a miniature version of his desk. The paintbrushes and pencils I used were often the ones from his studio that were too old or too small for him to use. I had a paint set like his and a studio like his. Except my studio was a walk-in closet, which made it the perfect size for me.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead more: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/jerry-brian-pinkney#ixzz1JjqYkbW4\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/jerry-br...\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccording to the book back flap, he has played the drums since he was eight years old. He still keeps a set of drumsticks in his studio where, when resting from his illustrations, he sometimes taps out rhythms on the back of his chair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith his wife, writer Andrea Davis Pinkney, he makes his home in Brooklyn NY.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47229910122818,"sku":"","price":9.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/puptruk.jpg?v=1698425650","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/puppy-truck-brian-pinkney","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}