Funny characters, humorous pictures, and an eco-friendly message with a text just right for the newest kindergarten reader.
ANTONGIONATA FERRARI has illustrated numerous works for children. In 2007 he won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for best Italian illustrator for children. Other books for Holiday House include The Kindhearted Crocodile by Lucia Panzieri and No Honking Allowed! by Stephanie Calemenson.
"Concise, pedal-powered prose for the earliest of independent
readers."—Kirkus Reviews
"A mixed-media landscape reflects movement from road to road.
Pencil, watercolors, and ink enhance digital scenes that flow from
one driver to the next, while cartoon representatives of both flora
and fauna drive their favorite vehicles. A simple repetitive
refrain, 'I like my…,' reinforces the text, while images allow
readers to search for details, like finding the bike rider and
other recognizable characters who meet at a parkside birthday
party. . . . A suggested general purchase for guided reading, the
visual variety of images urges readers to infer changes in text."
—School Library Journal
" The bare-bones text consists of each driver appreciating their
specific vehicle ('I like my truck' says a cactus driving a flowery
transport), while loosely rendered mixed-media art fills in the
story line. . . . Ferrari wryly drives home his tale’s message in a
visually telling finale revealing the vexed car, truck, and bus
drivers snarled in traffic while the girl, in satisfyingly timely
fashion, pedals to her festive destination foreshadowed by visual
clues readers glean along the way."—Publishers Weekly
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