Charlotte Award
2012 · Primary (Pre-K/2nd) · Nominee
About This Book
**Read by country music superstar Trace Adkins!**
**The New York Times bestseller and official 2013 Jumpstart Read for the Record selection!**
New York Times bestselling author/artist Loren Long creates an unforgettable children's classic.
Otis is a special tractor. He loves his farmer and he loves to work. And he loves the little calf in the next stall, whom he purrs to sleep with his soft motor. In fact, the two become great friends: they play in the fields, leap hay bales, and play ring-around-the-rosy by Mud Pond.
But when Otis is replaced with the big yellow tractor, he is cast away behind the barn, unused, unnoticed . . . until the little calf gets stuck in Mud Pond. Then there is only one tractor—and it's not big or yellow—who can come to the rescue. It is little old Otis who saves his friend. It is Otis who saves the day.
In a wonderful new palette, and in the tradition of classics like Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Story of Ferdinand, Loren Long has crafted an unforgettable new story—and character—celebrating the power of friendship and perseverance.
**The New York Times bestseller and official 2013 Jumpstart Read for the Record selection!**
New York Times bestselling author/artist Loren Long creates an unforgettable children's classic.
Otis is a special tractor. He loves his farmer and he loves to work. And he loves the little calf in the next stall, whom he purrs to sleep with his soft motor. In fact, the two become great friends: they play in the fields, leap hay bales, and play ring-around-the-rosy by Mud Pond.
But when Otis is replaced with the big yellow tractor, he is cast away behind the barn, unused, unnoticed . . . until the little calf gets stuck in Mud Pond. Then there is only one tractor—and it's not big or yellow—who can come to the rescue. It is little old Otis who saves his friend. It is Otis who saves the day.
In a wonderful new palette, and in the tradition of classics like Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and The Story of Ferdinand, Loren Long has crafted an unforgettable new story—and character—celebrating the power of friendship and perseverance.
Series Placement
Book 1
Awards
Golden Sower Award
2012 · Primary · Nominee
Monarch Award
2012 · Grades K-3 · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2012 · Primary · Nominee
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award
2011 · Grades K-3 · Winner
Buckaroo Book Award
2010 · Children's · Nominee
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2010 · Up to Seven · Recommended
Indies Choice Book Award
2010 · Picture Book · Finalist
Ladybug Picture Book Award
2010 · Children's Picture · Nominee
Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award
2010 · Children's Picture · Winner
Texas 2x2 Reading List
2010 · Children's · Recommended
