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kelleemoye's review against another edition
3.0
Full review with teaching tools: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=10986
Any fan of Pixar cars or race cars in general is going to love the race car’s story. The personification of the car is adorable, I specifically like how his emotions can be read by looking at his eyes, and I love that the race car reads before bed! I would love to have students write their own stories of bedtime for vehicles (or other inanimate object) to see how school buses or tow trucks get ready for bed. In my life though, it is a bedtime story that my son loves to read.
Any fan of Pixar cars or race cars in general is going to love the race car’s story. The personification of the car is adorable, I specifically like how his emotions can be read by looking at his eyes, and I love that the race car reads before bed! I would love to have students write their own stories of bedtime for vehicles (or other inanimate object) to see how school buses or tow trucks get ready for bed. In my life though, it is a bedtime story that my son loves to read.
rkiladitis's review against another edition
4.0
A race car finishes his race and gets ready for bed in this adorable rhyming bedtime story. Going through his nighttime rituals: he washes his rims, fills his tummy with oil, and heads to the library for a book to snuggle down with for the night. It's a story that's just perfect for bedtime, as my 4 year-old will gladly attest to; it's entered our nightly reading routine, and the gentle rhyme and bright but subdued, kid-friendly art is a lovely transition from go-go-go running around all day to slowing down and getting ready for bed.
The endpapers bring us into and lead us out of the story with black and white checkered flag; in auto racing, it's the checkered flag that waves when the winner has crossed the finish line; it's a fun fact to add to a storytime and it adds both to the beginning and end settings for the story.
Cars fans, racing fans, boys and girls alike will enjoy this sweet bedtime story. I love that the race car snuggled down on its own with a good book, showing that while snuggle time with Mom or Dad is great, you can also be perfectly content to cuddle up with a night time read all on your own.
Is your little one a fan of "just one more book" at bedtime like mine is? Add Sherri Duskey Rinker's Steam Train, Dream Train to the reading rotation for another rhyming dream story.
The endpapers bring us into and lead us out of the story with black and white checkered flag; in auto racing, it's the checkered flag that waves when the winner has crossed the finish line; it's a fun fact to add to a storytime and it adds both to the beginning and end settings for the story.
Cars fans, racing fans, boys and girls alike will enjoy this sweet bedtime story. I love that the race car snuggled down on its own with a good book, showing that while snuggle time with Mom or Dad is great, you can also be perfectly content to cuddle up with a night time read all on your own.
Is your little one a fan of "just one more book" at bedtime like mine is? Add Sherri Duskey Rinker's Steam Train, Dream Train to the reading rotation for another rhyming dream story.
ashlikesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
***All questions answered by my 4 year old***
What Finn Thinks...
Do you like this book?
Yeah! I super like it!
What's your favorite part of the book?
He was dreaming of a race, and he won! And he was cuddling with his wrench and reading. I like his tires, but how does he close things? Tires aren't hands! This book makes me feel pretty stompy because I get really excited!
What do you think of the cover?
I like it! He was cuddling his wrench and he was sleeping on the sidewalk, and that's silly. Cars don't go on the sidewalk. But when he was sleeping his mouth was happy!
Do you want me to read it again?
Yeah- Next time!
What Momma Thinks...
The artwork in this book is absolutely stunning. The colors are gorgeous and it's just... beautiful. It's a really short, but cute book about a race car who is exhausted after a day of racing, and he just wants to relax.
What Finn Thinks...
Do you like this book?
Yeah! I super like it!
What's your favorite part of the book?
He was dreaming of a race, and he won! And he was cuddling with his wrench and reading. I like his tires, but how does he close things? Tires aren't hands! This book makes me feel pretty stompy because I get really excited!
What do you think of the cover?
I like it! He was cuddling his wrench and he was sleeping on the sidewalk, and that's silly. Cars don't go on the sidewalk. But when he was sleeping his mouth was happy!
Do you want me to read it again?
Yeah- Next time!
What Momma Thinks...
The artwork in this book is absolutely stunning. The colors are gorgeous and it's just... beautiful. It's a really short, but cute book about a race car who is exhausted after a day of racing, and he just wants to relax.
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