Reviews for Rattletrap Car

The average rating for Rattletrap Car based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-04-30 00:00:00 Thomas Savignano Whenever we pick up a childrens book what do we want to see? Great pictures? Excellent detail? Great word choice? Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Nook was a great book for children from preschool to the second grade. The beggining was a little edgy and i did not find what i wanted to find in the beggining of a book such as an introduction, and character introduction that lacked... The book just started like this... "Junie was hot. Jakie was hot. Even the baby was hot, hot, hot." There was no setting and that bugged me... The story overall gets a two star rateing from me but the pictures were amazing Jill Barton did an incredible job with her artwork and deserves full admiration...... It was the pictures that told the story and showed the setting and explained the characters not the story itself. I cannot rate the this book with five stars so i give the pictures two stars even though they deserve more. This book did make me smile and taught about teamwork therefore i am not dissapointed to rate it with four stars... My Rateing 4/5

Review # 2 was written on 2012-06-13 00:00:00 George Stein It's hot, hot, hot and Junie, Jakie and the baby convince Poppa to take them to the beach in their rattletrap car. They pack the car with beach toys, a thermos of razzleberry dazzleberry snazzleberry fizz and some chocolate marshmallow fudge delight. They pile in the car and Poppa starts off with a "brum brum, brum brum." But, the rattletrap car keeps breaking down. Fortunately, the family creatively uses the items they've packed in the car; the beach ball to replaces the flat tire, the thermos of berry fizz to replaces the gas tank, and more. Finally, the rattletrap car makes it to the lake with a "bing bang pop!" The rhyming text of this jaunty book just begs to be read a loud. Each time the family fixes the car and starts it back up another set of noises is added to the "brum brum, brum brum" of the rattletrap car. Barton supports Root's whimsical world, where toy boats can replace car engines, with bright watercolor illustrations. The family lives on a farm and drives through beautiful countryside on their way to the cool and refreshing lake. Full Review at Picture-Book-a-Day: