This book is part of a book series called Axel the Truck .

This book was published 2011 by Greenwillow Books .

J. D. Riley lives in Ohio and is the author of several books about Axel the truck. Brandon Dorman lives in Puyallup, Washington, and is the creator of Pirates of the Sea! and Santa's Stowaway, and the illustrator of Jack Prelutsky's Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face, as well as Halloween Night, by Marjorie Dennis Murray. Brandon Dorman is the illustrator of Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face and The Wizard , both by Jack Prelutsky; and The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck. He received a degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University-Idaho and lives in Puyallup, Washington, with his family.