desmonday's review against another edition
4.0
Not very original, but my 4 and 6 year old siblings loved this book so much that they demanded an encore. I decided to rate [b:Cowboy Car|32487546|Cowboy Car|Jeanie Franz Ransom|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1478236856s/32487546.jpg|53076961] based on their reactions rather than my expectations.
The book has a great theme centered around overcoming adversity. It provides an opportunity to talk about striving against criticism and bias. Regardless of the self-aware car cliché, the message is one that all kids deserve to hear more of.
The book has a great theme centered around overcoming adversity. It provides an opportunity to talk about striving against criticism and bias. Regardless of the self-aware car cliché, the message is one that all kids deserve to hear more of.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
3.0
Good theme - believe in yourself. Find what you can do.
This will be a fun read aloud!
This will be a fun read aloud!
sue_from_stack_those_books's review against another edition
3.0
A story about being anything you want to be.
A little car wants to be a cowboy while everyone tells him he can't be for one reason or another. One day they finally acknowledge that he his a cowboy.
This book had a few things that I didn't like about it but it's a cute story for a transportation study or for little ones who love cars.
A little car wants to be a cowboy while everyone tells him he can't be for one reason or another. One day they finally acknowledge that he his a cowboy.
This book had a few things that I didn't like about it but it's a cute story for a transportation study or for little ones who love cars.
ireadwhatuwrite's review against another edition
5.0
I actually won this book through a Goodreads Giveaway, which is one of my favorite ways to get a new book.
"Ever since he was knee-high to his daddy's hubcaps, Little Car wanted to be a Cowboy."
And of course everyone told him that a car couldn't be a cowboy. This is a timely tale of a young car with big dreams who refused to believe that he didn't have what it takes to achieve his dreams. Hard work and perseverance will always win out other people's definitions of what is possible. As inspiring as Little Car is, the artwork is what caught my attention first with this book and it is sure to be what draws in young ones as well. Lively, colorful illustrations, that take me back to my own childhood with a nod to the great artwork of kid-lit greats like Curious George, keep the story moving along. Little ones will delight in following along Little Car's adventure as they watch him master the skills of a cowboy with his determined expression and his ten gallon hat.
"Ever since he was knee-high to his daddy's hubcaps, Little Car wanted to be a Cowboy."
And of course everyone told him that a car couldn't be a cowboy. This is a timely tale of a young car with big dreams who refused to believe that he didn't have what it takes to achieve his dreams. Hard work and perseverance will always win out other people's definitions of what is possible. As inspiring as Little Car is, the artwork is what caught my attention first with this book and it is sure to be what draws in young ones as well. Lively, colorful illustrations, that take me back to my own childhood with a nod to the great artwork of kid-lit greats like Curious George, keep the story moving along. Little ones will delight in following along Little Car's adventure as they watch him master the skills of a cowboy with his determined expression and his ten gallon hat.
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