If I Built a Car

$15.19

Hardcover
Author: Chris Van Dusen
Illustrator: Chris Van Dusen
Publisher: Dutton
Publish Date: May 2005
Series: If I Built
Language: English
Reading Level: 3.6
EAN: 9780525474005

Overview

If I built a car, it’d be totally new!

Here are a few of the things that I’d do. . . .

Young Jack is giving an eye-opening tour of the car he’d like to build. There’s a snack bar, a pool, and even a robot named Robert to act as chauffeur. With Jack’s soaring imagination in the driver’s seat, we’re deep-sea diving one minute and flying high above traffic the next in this whimsical, tantalizing take on the car of the future. Illustrations packed with witty detail, bright colors, and chrome recall the fabulous fifties and an era of classic American automobiles. Infectious rhythm and clever invention make this wonderful read-aloud a launch pad for imaginative fun.

Details

Pages: 32
Dimensions: 10.1 x 10.2 x 0.5 in
Lexile Score: 630
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 0525474005

Awards

2009 Beehive Awards - Winner (Picture)
2009 Golden Sower Award - Winner (Primary)
2008 Monarch Award - Winner (Grades K-3)
2006 E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Winner (Picture Book)