The Big Truck That Went By
Title | The Big Truck That Went By PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan M. Katz |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2013-01-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1137323957 |
On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle it. Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti, was inside his house when it buckled along with hundreds of thousands of others. In this visceral, authoritative first-hand account, Katz chronicles the terror of that day, the devastation visited on ordinary Haitians, and how the world reacted to a nation in need. More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a monumental response totaling $16.3 billion in pledges. But three years later the relief effort has foundered. It's most basic promises—to build safer housing for the homeless, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disasters—remain unfulfilled. The Big Truck That Went By presents a sharp critique of international aid that defies today's conventional wisdom; that the way wealthy countries give aid makes poor countries seem irredeemably hopeless, while trapping millions in cycles of privation and catastrophe. Katz follows the money to uncover startling truths about how good intentions go wrong, and what can be done to make aid "smarter." With coverage of Bill Clinton, who came to help lead the reconstruction; movie-star aid worker Sean Penn; Wyclef Jean; Haiti's leaders and people alike, Katz weaves a complex, darkly funny, and unexpected portrait of one of the world's most fascinating countries. The Big Truck That Went By is not only a definitive account of Haiti's earthquake, but of the world we live in today.
Big Truck and Little Truck
Title | Big Truck and Little Truck PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Carr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Trucks |
ISBN | 9780439071789 |
Big Truck and Little Truck work together on Farley's Farm, until the day that Big Truck is towed away for repairs and Little Truck must haul produce to the city all by himself.
Big Truck Day
Title | Big Truck Day PDF eBook |
Author | Rosanne Parry |
Publisher | Greenwillow Books |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2022-09-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780063218864 |
Get ready for Big Truck Day! Celebrate trucks, reading, sharing, and community with award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Rosanne Parry and debut illustrator Niki Stage. Big Truck Day is a wonderful choice for readers who love vehicles of all kinds and for fans of Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site and Little Blue Truck. Told in a lively rhyming text, two parallel stories follow children and drivers motoring to the library for a very special event: a book drive! Join friends and neighbors of all ages as they salute big trucks, great books, and community helpers . . . and stay for the reveal of the new library bookmobile made possible by book donations from the community. Hooray! With New York Times-bestselling author Rosanne Parry's irresistible text and debut illustrator Niki Stage's vibrant and detailed illustrations, Big Truck Day is a celebration of libraries, books, communities, and things that go. Includes a note with archival photographs about the history of bookmobiles.
My Big Truck Book
Title | My Big Truck Book PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Priddy |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2002-05-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780312490850 |
Teaches small children the names of different trucks.
Big Joe's Trailer Truck
Title | Big Joe's Trailer Truck PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Mathieu |
Publisher | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 49 |
Release | 2014-08-27 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0553509659 |
Vehicle-obsessed boys and girls can follow Big Joe through a typical day’s work in his giant trailer truck. Detail-packed full-color illustrations will fascinate readers—especially the final two-page spread, which labels every working part of a tractor-trailer rig.
Big Truck Little Island
Title | Big Truck Little Island PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Van Dusen |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 2022-05-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1536203939 |
When a truck becomes stuck on a narrow road blocking the north-south route of an island town, a few families work together to continue on their respective outings.
The President and the Big Boy Truck
Title | The President and the Big Boy Truck PDF eBook |
Author | David Mack |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2017-04-07 |
Genre | Presidents |
ISBN | 9781947059009 |
A fun day in the life of our Commander-in-Chief, The President and the Big Boy Truck is a fun read for ALL ages that shares the story of a special day for the President and his love of trucks.