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Mike Rucker

Born: 1940 in Pinehurst, North Carolina
Pen Name: Michael Rucker

Connection to Illinois: Rucker lives in Peoria.

Biography: Mike Rucker was a Service Representative and troubleshooter for Caterpillar Inc. He is a children's author, civil war researcher and marathon runner. Seventeen of his 18 children's books have been written about ''Terry the Tractor''. The jobs Terry performs in Mike's books and the situations he faces are based on the real life experiences of the author from his 40 years of employment with Caterpillar Inc. at various locations around the world.An advocate of children's reading programs, Rucker began writing his children-based books with ''Terry the Tractor'' as the main character when he was living in Australia. He wrote the first three stories for his son Derek. His last three ''Terry the Tractor'' books were written with his granddaughter Sabrina. Rucker has ran marathons in seven continents and is a member of the Seven Continents Club.


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Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Children; Children

Email: mikruc@aol.com
Website: http://www.terrythetractor.com
Mike Rucker on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=mike+rucker


Selected Titles

  Bridge burner :
ISBN: 1891852922 OCLC: 875304250

Quarrier Press, Charleston, West Virginia : 2014.

  Terry and the beaver dam fiasco /
ISBN: 0971165920 OCLC: 59006371

University Editions, Peoria, IL : ©2003.

Terry's new job as a farm tractor turns out to be disasterous because the work has destroyed the habitat of beavers on the farm.

  Terry and the bully /
ISBN: 1560024496 OCLC: 32140012

University Editions, Huntington, W. Va. : ©1994.

  Terry and the dinosaurs /
ISBN: 097116598X OCLC: 785750045

University Editions, Peoria, Ill. : ©2009.

Terry is always ready for new adventures. By means of a time machine Terry travels 65 millions years into the past where he makes friends with several herbaceous dinosaurs and defends them from a tyrannosaurus rex.

Terry and the earthquake /
ISBN: 0971165955 OCLC: 307720261

University Editions, Peoria, Ill. : ©2005.

  Terry and the elephant /
ISBN: 1560027460 OCLC: 45545149

University Editions, Huntington, W. Va. : ©1997.

Terry and the high-tech (Laser guided satellite transmitted) dozing system /
ISBN: 1560028580 OCLC: 45468987

University Editions, Huntington, W. Va. : ©1999.

  Terry and the Martians /
ISBN: 0971165963 OCLC: 307722563

University Editions, Peoria, Ill. : ©2007.

  Terry and the obsolete locomotive /
ISBN: 0971165947 OCLC: 64564646

University Editions, Peoria, Ill. : ©2005.

Terry learns about teamwork when he joins with other machines to rescue a locomotive in danger of sliding down an embankment.

  Terry and the South Pole breakdown
ISBN: 9780615113791 OCLC: 45538113

University Editions, Huntington, W. Va. : ©2000.

  Terry and the sunken submarine
ISBN: 0971165971 OCLC: 785746893

University Editions, Peoria, Ill. : ©2008.

This is one of Terry's strangest adventures. A submarine has become stranded and Terry has been asked to save it. He must go to the bottom of the ocean to pull the submarine to safety. The trip to the ocean floor is scary enough but Terry encounters a huge octopus who tries to eat him.--Page 4 of cover.

  Terry and the super powerful fuel /
ISBN: 1560026731 OCLC: 45468975

University Editions, Huntington, W. Va. : ©1996.

  Terry and the trouble with trash /
ISBN: 0971165939 OCLC: 57715049

University Editions, Peoria, IL : ©2004.

Terry and his friend Larry hate their work in a nasty garbage dump but learn how to dispose trash in a proper manner with a new owner of the business.

Terry and the wild well blowout /
ISBN: 0971165912 OCLC: 52343859

University Eitions, Inc., Peoria, Ill. : ©2002.

  Terry the athlete /
ISBN: 1560025603 OCLC: 34297969

University Editions, Huntington, W. Va. : ©1995.

Terry the smoke jumper /
ISBN: 0971165041 OCLC: 49534223

University Editions, Huntington, W. Va. : ©2000.

  Terry the tractor /
ISBN: 1560023821 OCLC: 32276238

University Editions, Huntington, W. Va. : ©1993.

  The Scrubland Critters and the Cedar Key catastrophe /
ISBN: 1614933227 OCLC: 1020793464

The critters of Cedar Key Scrub in Florida have lived in peace for many years. Now their homeland is threatened by some strange new creatures with guns and dogs. These new creatures have cut down the trees on Cedar Key Island and are now cutting the trees in the critters' beloved Cedar Key Scrub. The critters, led by Randy Raccoon, have come up with a wacky plan to drive the invaders away by stealing a train. This plan goes awry and results in a major catastrophe.

 

 

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