Wide Load on the Road by Stephen Savage with Steven Guarnaccia

A special evening with Stephen Savage to discuss his latest children's book, an exciting adventure about determination in a big red truck
About this Event

Join us for a conversation with Stephen Savage to celebrate his new book, Wide Load on the Road: A Big Red Truck’s Journey, the wonderfully illustrated story of a big truck perserving to finish a big job. He will be in conversation with Steven Guarnaccia, followed by a signing.

PLEASE NOTE: RSVPs are encouraged but not required. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

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The wide load is longer, taller, and heavier than most loads. What is it? Where is it going?
Will the big red truck that’s carrying it make it across the intersection, through the tunnel, and up the mountain? Will it make it to its destination all in one piece?
Find out in this delightful picture book about a mammoth truck and its epic journey!
Bestselling creator Stephen Savage's Wide Load on the Road is a satisfying read from start to finish, perfect for little fans of BIG vehicles.

Stephen Savage is a New York Times bestselling children’s book illustrator and author whose accolades include a New York Times Best Illustrated Book (Polar Bear Night), a Geisel Honor (Supertruck), and a Sendak Fellowship. In addition to books, he illustrates for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, and Entertainment Weekly. He’s taught illustration at the School of Visual Arts since 2001 and lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his wife, daughter and their dog.

Steven Guarnaccia is an illustrator and Professor Emeritus at the Parsons School of Design. He was formerly Op-Ed art director of the New York Times. He has created illustrations for major magazines and newspapers in the US and abroad as well as murals for Disney, watches for Swatch and greeting cards and exhibition drawings for the Museum of Modern Art. He is the author of books on popular culture and design including Black and White and A Stiff Drink and a Close Shave. His children’s books about design include Goldilocks and the Three Bears: a Tale Moderne, The Three Pigs: An Architectural Tale and Cinderella: a Fashionable Tale. His most recent books are The Story of Pasta, about the origin and meanings of pasta names; Interior Desecration, a collection of drawings about design and architecture and The Museum of Nothing, a picture book about nothing. His exhibition of three-dimensional objects, Fatherland, has been exhibited in Bologna, London, Barcelona, Berlin, and NY.