Old Truck and the Flood

Old Truck is home alone when the Tongariro River bursts its banks."What will happen to me?" he thinks. I am not a duck! I'm a truck. And I'm stuck!"

Bonus section: What really happened - Old Truck in the Tongariro River flood of 2004 and tips for being ready for a flood.

"This book has it all: text which flows easily, an old truck that can talk and has feelings, lots of action linked with a natural disaster, humour, bonus pages of factual information and gorgeous illustrations. And it is all based on a calamity that occurred here in New Zealand ... a fantastic story." - Nadine Malloy, Remarkables Primary School reviewing for The School Journal , Read NZ

"Fun, factual and full of feelings. A quintessential Kiwi read - I loved it! The icing on the cake being able to read the story and then meet the real-life characters in the section at the back." - Toni Shanks, Editor, Top Title in Upstart Magazine