Katy is a bright red crawler tractor who works for the Highway Department in the city of Geoppolis. She is equipped with a bulldozer blade for summer maintenance and a massive snowplow for the winter months. During a localized blizzard that drops several feet of snow, every other vehicle in the city's fleet becomes stuck or immobilized. Katy works alone for hours to clear vital paths to the hospital, fire station, airport, and police headquarters, ensuring that emergency services can function despite the deep drifts.
This book is for preschool and kindergarten children fascinated by heavy machinery and infrastructure. Readers learn how a city depends on organized maintenance and the specific roles of various municipal departments during a crisis. The narrative demonstrates the value of persistence and steady performance when facing an overwhelming task. Children finish the story with an understanding of how one reliable machine can support an entire community by methodically following a plan to clear obstacles and restore order to a gridlocked city.
Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
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- Published
- 1943
- Language
- EN
