Kapiti News

Old Truck and the Flood By Jennifer Somervell and Margaret Fern, Tales From the Farm publicatio­ns, $21.95 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

- Linda Hall

Sisters Jennifer Somervell and Margaret Fern have written several award-winning books based on their adventures growing up on a farm.

Their latest, Old Truck and the Flood is another beauty from this talented duo.

Old Truck loves living by the Tongariro River. He loves taking people for rides and he also loves listening to the river.

One day John and Fran, his owners, take the car to go and visit friends in Hawke's Bay.

Then it starts to rain and Old Truck can hear the river roaring, a sound he has never heard before.

The river bursts its banks and before you know it Old Truck is full of water.

Nobody goes near Old Truck for days. John thinks he's had it. Then one day someone suggest they fix Old Truck. This makes Old Truck very happy. But can they do it? Great illustrati­ons will have you going out in sympathy with Old Truck. —

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