TruckDogs

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Summary: Bold Idea by Picturbook Writing Favorite
Review: In this first novel, by acclaimed picture book writer, Base (Animelia, The 11th Hour) creates an imaginative world that combines animals and automobiles into such combinations a bulldozer and bulldog. The strength of the world carries the first half of the novel. Some readers might become bored by the plot featuring a band of evil TruckDogs taking over a town. This book, accompanied by twelve gorgeous illustrations should especially appeal to readers who enjoy machines. Base shows some promise as a novelist and this first effort will likely delight some readers with its inventive world and heavy doses of action.

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Summary: With an earthy, refreshing humor which is truly delightful
Review: This novel is a recommended pick for any who enjoy humor, fantasy, and animals. Set on a desert world, it tells of a dog-like create covered in fur with steel panels underneath who lives on brake fluid and oil. Track Dogs is Graeme Base's first novel and would more adequately be classified as a fantasy -- one that is replete with lovely color plates and an earthy, refreshing humor which is truly delightful.