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hainyh's review
3.0
This little story is about Bobby going out to by a new car. It's quite an adult theme for a children's book, such as going into a car salesroom, saying for a car, and obeying traffic lights etc. Also, I'm not sure how much of a good idea it is to give children the idea that mummy or daddy's magic card 'pays for everything'! The illustrations are adorable and quite unique, and the text is well-placed on each page to ensure that it can be read on top of the full pages of colour. On the whole it's a nice book, but I'm not convinced it's an appropriate enough topic for a children's book.
annsantori's review
4.0
Really neat story that doesn't ever break from Bobby's imaginative world. Texture on the illustrations is really nice as well . . . reminiscent of Ehlert
librarianryan's review
2.0
This is a nice story of a kid buying a car and making sure his parents get home safe. It has beautiful color illustrations. I say this but there is a recurring theme that I don’t like. Bobby has a “magic card, the one that pays for everything”. I think this is a bad lesson to be teaching. We don’t know if it’s a credit card or a bank card, just that it pays for everything. We need to teach children about money from an early age, and using a “magic card” is an irresponsible lesson to teach without knowing the origin of said card.
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