# Alice Schertle > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alice_Schertle > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alice_Schertle.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Schertle > Source revision: 1347512479 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **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] ## Personal life Schertle was born in 1941 in Los Angeles, California. She attended the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California) and the [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles).[3] ## Career 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](/source/Lee_Bennett_Hopkins#Legacy) and the [Christopher Award](/source/Christopher_Award).[3] ### *Little Blue Truck* Schertle collaborated with illustrator [Jill McElmurry](/source/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](/source/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] ## Works ### The *Little Blue Truck* series Illustrated by [Jill McElmurry](/source/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) - *Little Blue Truck's Beep Along Book* (2023) - *Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy* (2024) - *Little Blue Truck and Racer Red* (2025) ### The *All You Need...* series Illustrated by [Barbara Lavallee](/source/Barbara_Lavallee) - *All You Need for a Snowman* - *All You Need for a Beach* ### The *Jeremy Bean* series - *Look Out, Jeremy Bean!* - *Jeremy Bean's St. Patrick's Day* ### Other titles - *The April Fool* (1981) - *William and Grandpa* (1989), illustrated by [Lydia Dabcovich](/source/Lydia_Dabcovich) - *How Now, Brown Cow?* (1994), illustrated by [Amanda Schaffer](/source/Amanda_Schaffer) - *Advice for a Frog* (1995) - *Keepers* (1996) - *I Am the Cat* (1999), illustrated by [Mark Buehner](/source/Mark_Buehner) - *Down the Road* (2000), illustrated by [E. B. Lewis](/source/E._B._Lewis_(illustrator)) - *When the Moon is High* (2003) - *1, 2, I Love You* (2004), illustrated by [Emily Arnold McCully](/source/Emily_Arnold_McCully) - *We* (2007) illustrated by [Kenneth Addison](/source/Kenneth_Addison) - *Very Hairy Bear* (2007), illustrated by [Matt Phelan](/source/Matt_Phelan) - *Button Up!* (2009), illustrated by [Petra Mathers](/source/Petra_Mathers) - *Such a Little Mouse* (2015), illustrated by [Stephanie Yue](/source/Stephanie_Yue) - ¡*Pío Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes* (2019) – English adaptations of selections by [Alma Flor Ada](/source/Alma_Flor_Ada) and [Isabel Campoy](/source/Isabel_Campoy) - *Cathy and Company* series (with [Cathy Pavia](/source/Cathy_Pavia)) - *The Skeleton in the Closet* (illustrated by [Curtis Jobling](/source/Curtis_Jobling)) - *Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear* (illustrated by [Linda Hill Griffith](/source/Linda_Hill_Griffith)) - *A Lucky Thing* (illustrated by [Wendell Minor](/source/Wendell_Minor)) - *An Anaconda Ate My Homework!* (illustrated by [Aaron Renier](/source/Aaron_Renier)) - *Good Night, Hattie, My Dearie, My Dove* - *Witch Hazel* (illustrated by [Margot Tomes](/source/Margot_Tomes)) - *The Adventures of Old Bo Bear* (illustrated by [David Parkins](/source/David_Parkins)) - *Maisie* (illustrated by [Lydia Dabcovich](/source/Lydia_Dabcovich)) - *Bill and the Google-Eyed Goblins* (illustrated by [Patricia Coombs](/source/Patricia_Coombs)) - *That Olive!* (illustrated by [Cindy Wheeler](/source/Cindy_Wheeler)) ## References 1. ["Alice Schertle"](https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/alice-schertle-880000000747). *HarperCollins*. Retrieved 2022-11-09. 1. ["Little Blue Truck – HarperCollins"](https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/little-blue-truck). *www.harpercollins.com*. Retrieved 2022-11-09. 1. Poetry Foundation (November 9, 2022). ["Alice Schertle"](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alice-schertle). *Poetry Foundation*. Retrieved 2022-11-09. 1. ["Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle"](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780152056612). *www.publishersweekly.com*. April 28, 2008. Retrieved 2022-11-09. 1. ["About Jill McElmurry"](http://www.jillmcelmurry.com/BioB.html). *www.jillmcelmurry.com*. Retrieved 2022-11-09. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alice Schertle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Schertle) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Schertle?action=history)). 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