Books for Kids

An irregularly updated review of current and classic children's literature.

Saturday, November 12, 2005

If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen

Chris Van Dusen, the author and illustrator of Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee, is back with another fun rhyming story. Young Jack tells his father about the perfect car he would design in the book, If I Built A Car. Jack thinks of every feature imaginable - safety, environmental, fun, and practicality. The story is told in a series of fun rhymes. Van Dusen's retro illustrations look fantastic...check out details like the reflections in chrome fenders. Sure to please lots of imaginative young car fans.

Keywords: Cars, Inventions, Rhyming, Retro, Imagination, Fathers and Sons
Ages: 3 to 9

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