# Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/little-blue-truck/

3 people recommended Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

2 of the 3 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?”.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a children's book that holds up to rereading with feeling, and as one that belongs on a regular reading list.

Summary written by Claude from 3 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Worth rereading over and over (1 comment in the sample): "anything you can stand to read over and over again with feeling (Little Blue Truck was it for me" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039807))
- Belongs on a regular reading list (1 comment in the sample): "If Little Blue Truck isn’t on your regular list you should add it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398631))
- Named alongside other favorite children's books (1 comment in the sample): "along with the Little Blue Truck" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46398665))

## Other picture books people recommend

- [Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/frog-and-toad/): 10 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown](https://hackerapproved.com/p/goodnight-moon/): 5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bea-wolf/): 3 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak](https://hackerapproved.com/p/where-the-wild-things-are/): 2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle", https://hackerapproved.com/p/little-blue-truck/ (3 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.