Terry the Tractor - Softcover
By Mike Rucker
RUCKER100
Product Details
This popular book series is a collection of entertaining and educational stories about a small but highly motivated young tractor named Terry. Terry and his friends encounter real life jobs and problems and solve them through hard work and newly learned job skills. Boys and girls from ages three through ten have come to love Terry and his grit and determination. Terry has his faults and sometimes gets angry or does things wrong, but he learns from his mistakes just as real children do. The jobs Terry performs and the situations he faces are based on the real life experiences of the author, Mike Rucker. Mike has been a Service Representative and troubleshooter for Caterpillar Inc. for more than 39 years. Read with the children in your life!
"At first, Terry wasn't a tractor at all, but just a lot of parts." Thus begins the story of a small tractor who really likes to work. Terry has feelings and emotions just like those of boys and girls. Unfortunately, his first owner abuses him and Terry collapses into aheap of broken parts.
A new kinder owner gets Terry and rebuilds him. Terry is then put to work doing a job "just his size." Terry expresses his joy by sining his little working song. There are lessons for both children and adults in this tidy book.
"At first, Terry wasn't a tractor at all, but just a lot of parts." Thus begins the story of a small tractor who really likes to work. Terry has feelings and emotions just like those of boys and girls. Unfortunately, his first owner abuses him and Terry collapses into aheap of broken parts.
A new kinder owner gets Terry and rebuilds him. Terry is then put to work doing a job "just his size." Terry expresses his joy by sining his little working song. There are lessons for both children and adults in this tidy book.