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Alice Schertle

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Alice Schertle
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
GenreChildren's picture books
Website
www.aliceschertle.com

Alice Schertle (born 1941) is an American poet, teacher, and author from Los Angeles.[1] She is known as the author of numerous children's books, most notably the New York Times best-selling Little Blue Truck series.[2]

Career

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Schertle worked for a time as an elementary school teacher. As a children's book author, her works "explore themes of nature and language, often with playful use of rhyme."[3]

Schertle has also published several collections of poetry.

She has won a number of honors, including the 2010 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and the Christopher Award.[3]

Little Blue Truck

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Schertle collaborated with illustrator Jill McElmurry to create Little Blue Truck, a friendly pick-up truck with a variety of animal friends. The first book, Little Blue Truck, was published in 2008. A starred review in Publishers Weekly noted that Shertle's "rhyming stanzas are succinct, and she gives readers plenty of opportunities to chime in with animal and vehicle noises."[4]

After McElmurry's death in 2017, her estate gave permission for others to continue the books in her style. For instance, Good Night, Little Blue Truck (2019) lists Schertle's and McElmurry's names on the front cover, while text inside the book notes that it is "Illustrated by John Joseph in the style of Jill McElmurry."[5]

Personal life

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Schertle was born in 1941 in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]

Works

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The Little Blue Truck series

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Illustrated by Jill McElmurry

  • Little Blue Truck (2008)
  • Little Blue Truck Leads the Way (2009)
  • Little Blue Truck's Christmas (2014)
  • Little Blue Truck's Halloween (2016)
  • Little Blue Truck's Springtime (2018)
  • Good Night, Little Blue Truck (2019)
  • Little Blue Truck's Valentine (2020)
  • Time for School, Little Blue Truck (2021)
  • Little Blue Truck Makes a Friend (2022)

The All You Need... series

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Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee

  • All You Need for a Snowman
  • All You Need for a Beach

The Jeremy Bean series

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  • Look Out, Jeremy Bean!
  • Jeremy Bean's St. Patrick's Day

Other titles

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References

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  1. ^ "Alice Schertle". HarperCollins. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "Little Blue Truck – HarperCollins". www.harpercollins.com. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Poetry Foundation (November 9, 2022). "Alice Schertle". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle". www.publishersweekly.com. April 28, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "About Jill McElmurry". www.jillmcelmurry.com. Retrieved November 9, 2022.