Mum's Cronky Car by Anita Pouroulis and Jon Lycett-Smith
| Mum's Cronky Car by Anita Pouroulis and Jon Lycett-Smith | |
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Reviewer: Sue Magee
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| Summary: A book that's just fun with nothing worthy about it at all. It's there to make kids giggle. | |
| Buy? Maybe | Borrow? Yes |
| Pages: 40 | Date: October 2012 |
| Publisher: Digital Leaf | |
| External links: Author's website | |
| ISBN: 978-0957308701 | |
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Mum's car is, well, not the most recent model. In fact it's falling apart and wouldn't even start if it didn't get a push from Dad. The journey to school in this patchwork car held together by bits of string and willpower is full of uncertainty. When they stop at the traffic lights will the car move again - and when it just dies in traffic what can they do? Then one day something rather magical happens. They're stalled in traffic, wondering what to do next, when the car drifts into the sky and flies them all to the school gates. Suddenly this isn't an old wreck but an adventure.
This book is fun. There's no moral to take in, or behaviour to modify. There's nothing to learn that's going to help in school. It's a story to make kids giggle - there's absolutely nothing worthy about it! The story is told in rhyme. I found it slightly uncomfortable to read aloud as the verse doesn't always scan - or indeed rhyme - but I doubt that it's going to worry kids in the target age group over much.
I loved the illustrations. The flying car put me in mind of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming or the modern reworking by Frank Cottrell Boyce. But kids are going to love the cronky car and despite the fact that the narrator of the story is a girl it's the car that will pull the boys in. There's fun to be had in spotting all that's wrong with it - and Jon Lycett-Smith has gone to town here. Every page gives you more than just the story - such as the old lady on her motorised scooter who's about to overtake the car...
There's bonus content at the back of the book too as well as more fun to be had on the Digital Leaf website. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
For more fun from Anita Pouroulis we can recommend Oh, What a Tangle! by Anita Pouroulis and Monika Filipina Trzpil. I bet you end up having to go and brush your hair! You might also enjoy Moo! Said Morris by Jon Lycett-Smith.
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