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Overview
Buckle up and start your engines!
Paul Collicutt once more shows his reverence for machines of travel in a simple, inviting survey of different kinds of cars for very young enthusiasts. While the concise text describes how cars differ from one another in size, speed, and usage, the real star is the artwork, executed in a Technicolor palette with the dramatic energy of WPA-era poster art. Cars from all periods of history are featured - from horse and buggy to space-age sound-barrier breakers - and illustrated endpapers depict notable, labeled models from around the world.
Simply describes a variety of cars, short and long, old and new, slow and fast.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly
This Train, This Plane and This Boat author-illustrator Paul Collicut continues to explore transportation and opposites with This Car. "This car is short. This car is long. This car is old. This car is new," reads the straightforward text; dramatic full-color illustrations show an array of automobiles. Endpapers showcase popular and lesser known cars, their make and model. (Aug.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 2-Brightly colored artwork and an intriguing array of cars make this book a standout among the many offerings available on the topic. The examples include a toy racer that "loops-the-loop," a solar-powered automobile, and the Lunar Rover. Each one is featured as part of a realistic-looking, full-page scene. In one illustration, a pit crew repairs a drag racer, while in another, jump-suited mechanics tinker with a lift-bound sedan. The automobiles are presented in pairs that reinforce simple concepts. A car that "pulls a trailer" is coupled with one that "pushes snow." A red convertible "drives over water," while an amphibious vehicle "drives through water." Featuring metallic shades of gray, blue, and red and lots of shiny chrome, the art captures the power and potential of these machines. The background details will help children to put the cars into context, and to think about how they are used in daily life. Painted snapshots of many more examples, complete with model name, year, and country of origin, decorate the endpapers. Transportation buffs and fans of the author's This Plane (2000) and This Train (1999, both Farrar) will not be disappointed.-Joy Fleishhacker, formerly at School Library Journal Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.Kirkus Reviews
The creator of This Train (1999), This Plane (2000), and This Boat (2001) will continue to transport new and pre-readers with an array of vehicles at work and play. Between endpapers filled with paintings of identified autos, from the Benz Victoria (1893) to the jet-powered Thrust SSC (1997), Collicutt sandwiches larger generic portraits, each of a different type of car: big, small, powered by gas or solar energy, plowing snow, romping about on the Moon, and so on. With short, large-type captions focusing on contrasts-"This car has a closed top. This car has an open top"-and a rousing final close-up of an old-style racing car barreling past, this has everything but sound effects to please fans of wheeled and winged zoomers. (Picture book/nonfiction. 4-6)Book Details
Published
August 1, 2002
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages
32
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780374399658