sharquin's review against another edition
5.0
This book is very creative and interesting. The book would be very appealing to lower elementary age children as it is silly and wacky, but has a good amount of vehicles that they can see in their everyday lives. The interesting thing about this book is that it has no full sentence text, but just text beneath the vehicle stating what it is called.
I would use this book as a lesson on fiction and non-fiction, with an activity of drawing their own cars at the end; where they can state if the car would be in the fiction or non-fiction category. I think that would be a fun way to explore the concept.
I would use this book as a lesson on fiction and non-fiction, with an activity of drawing their own cars at the end; where they can state if the car would be in the fiction or non-fiction category. I think that would be a fun way to explore the concept.
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
This was a fun book about imaginary and real cars! I love the art. Though I wish the backgrounds could have more colour, now it felt like a picture that was unfinished. :(
Yes, I know various sites say this one doesn't come out until 2017, but believe me I got this one from Amazon and it is available at their site. It isn't the first time a book has a wrong release date, but apparently no one cares to update it on the big sites like Amazon.
I knew I had to have this one, I already spotted some pictures up at Twitter, and so I was very eager to get this one. At first I was sad that it would take until 2017 to come out, but then apparently it got out already. I was delighted, yay, I could read it!
And I have to say the book was really fun, the cars are imaginary and also real. Of course it was quite easy to spot the imaginary cars (Stressed cars, poo cars, broken cars, guitar cars) since they had funny names and/or looked funny and not natural. :P
There are also real cars and those are generally put together by category (for instance at the airport or mining).
I loved how the cars were designed (both real and imaginary), however I do have to withdraw half a star for the backgrounds. There were backgrounds but they just felt like someone forgot to colour them in, it was like a giant colouring page. It was just such a shame as it really had potential to be a wonderful scene.
Still I would definitely recommend this book to everyone. It is a fun trip through cars and I really enjoyed myself.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
Yes, I know various sites say this one doesn't come out until 2017, but believe me I got this one from Amazon and it is available at their site. It isn't the first time a book has a wrong release date, but apparently no one cares to update it on the big sites like Amazon.
I knew I had to have this one, I already spotted some pictures up at Twitter, and so I was very eager to get this one. At first I was sad that it would take until 2017 to come out, but then apparently it got out already. I was delighted, yay, I could read it!
And I have to say the book was really fun, the cars are imaginary and also real. Of course it was quite easy to spot the imaginary cars (Stressed cars, poo cars, broken cars, guitar cars) since they had funny names and/or looked funny and not natural. :P
There are also real cars and those are generally put together by category (for instance at the airport or mining).
I loved how the cars were designed (both real and imaginary), however I do have to withdraw half a star for the backgrounds. There were backgrounds but they just felt like someone forgot to colour them in, it was like a giant colouring page. It was just such a shame as it really had potential to be a wonderful scene.
Still I would definitely recommend this book to everyone. It is a fun trip through cars and I really enjoyed myself.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
littleelfman's review against another edition
4.0
This is perfect for any car/vehicle obsessed child (or adult). With pages and pages of the most imaginative cars ever, interspersed with thematic collections of actual vehicles (At the airport, hospital, construction site, in the city etc.)
kimily's review against another edition
4.0
This book is brightly illustrated and lots of fun. The pages alternate between pictures of actual vehicles and those made purely to be amusing, such as the poo car, the ridiculous car, and the glove car. There is no actual story, just pictures of different vehicles with their names underneath, so a child could easily enjoy looking at it alone or with another child. I laughed through the book, and I can imagine a kiddo will do the same.
kristinajean's review against another edition
4.0
This whimsical and yet informative picturebook depicts ALL types of cars from banana cars to train cars to rocket cars to front loaders.
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