2008-06-24 LITTLE IDLE HANDS ARE.........

Save this fun book for a sick-in-bed day or a rainy fun day or just for a fun pastime. What youngster doesn't love finger paints, and this book comes with three bright pots of it in red, yellow and blue attached to the cover - at the ready for young finger artists.

Of course, the coloring images also invite crayons, markers, paints or pencils. Whatever the young artist prefers can be used to tell the story of Jack Truck. This is a truck that has an especially harrowing day as is reflected in each smile provoking image. There are some 13 of these with blank pages in between so youngsters can exercise their own creativity.

Along the way Jack Truck meets many cohorts from Dan the dumpster to Wrecker Rosie. It's all in good fun and may well keep young idle hands out of mischief.

- Gail Cooke