An uproarious tale of a family's trip in a rattletrap car. The rattletrap car doesn't go fast and it doesn't go far - and when a family set off to the lake in it one hot day it soon starts to fall apart. But...lumpety bumpety, a beach ball replaces the wheel; wappity bappity, a surfboard replaces the floor; a thermos of razzleberry dazzleberry snazzleberry fizz does for the petrol tank...All stuck on with chocolate marshamallow fudge delight! The rattletrap car reaches the lake, and takes the family safely - if noisily - home again.
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"Completely brilliant... Funny, original and beautifully drawn... Ideal for reading aloud." The Independent on Sunday; "This book has got to be an instant classic." The Guardian
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Phyllis Root is the author of the picture books Mrs Potter's Pig; One Windy Wednesday; The Hungry Monster; Turnover Tuesday; Foggy Friday; Meow Monday; What Baby Wants; Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble; Aunt Nancy and Cousin Lazybones and One Duck Stuck. She lives in Minnesota, USA, with her two daughters. Jill Barton did a degree in illustration at Metropolitan University in Manchester as a mature student and has now illustrated several children's books for Walker. Her other titles are The Happy Hedgehog Band; The Pig in the Pond (Highly Commended as runner-up for the Kate Greenaway Medal); Little Mo (all three by Martin Waddell); The Caterpillow Fight; What Baby Wants and four stories about Baby Duck.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By MD Healey
Format:Paperback
I have seen this book being called an instant classic and I have to say that it certainly became one in our household.
The story is a delight: the mechanical disasters that befell the family are not of a small calibre. This brings a strong surreal quality to the otherwise simple plot; while the participation of all the members of the family in fixing the problems gives the story a joyful, child-centered and democratic slant. In fact, it is the Baby who fixes the most difficult problem of all, one that has the older children and Dad giving up the hope of ever getting to the lake. It is thus a bit of a hymn to the children's creative ingenuity.
But the best thing about the book is not the story. Try reading it out aloud. The verse is in my opinion excellent, with a rhythm that makes it a delight to read aloud, fun to listen to and resulted in my daughter learning chunks of it by heart even though generally she doesn't remember poems.
The greatest achievement is, however, the word creativity resulting in an amazing collection of onomatopoeias - gathered, newly created and re-formed.
The artwork is very dynamic and the onomatopoeic parts of the text are sometimes part of the artwork rather than being typeset in standard font. This makes them even more expressive and adds a strong a comic-like quality which enriches the book.
The purely linguistic pleasure derived from reading this book aloud means it is the only one I sometimes agree (grudgingly, as not to create a precedent) to read twice in a row. I have not yet got bored with it either, part of the attraction being that it is rather short, the total reading time does not exceed five minutes.
It would be suitable from relatively early age as it is not text-heavy, and the onomatopoeias will delight even a very small toddler if you give them enough oomph and expression while reading. My personal enthusiasm suggests perhaps that the upper age limit might be quite high, but realistically it is a toddler book and I would not buy it for anybody over 3 years old for the fear of offending with a 'baby book'. How long it will stay read and recited and acted out is another story.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By J. Blunt
Format:Paperback
We borrowed this book from the library for our 2 year old daughter, and now we are having to buy our own copy - it's just too good to give back!
We read it as a family - the rhythm and repetition is such that we all get to join in and our daughter adores it. The pictures are wonderful, but it is the story which makes it - what fantastic use of language.
You can't go wrong with this book.
We read it as a family - the rhythm and repetition is such that we all get to join in and our daughter adores it. The pictures are wonderful, but it is the story which makes it - what fantastic use of language.
You can't go wrong with this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Mrs. H. Silk
Format:Paperback
My (nearly) 3 year old boy loves this book and enjoys sharing it over and over again at bedtime.
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A great fun short read at bedtime
The whole family enjoyed this book - our daughter (who is learning to read) loved the onomatapeic bits as the rattletrap car makes its journey. Illustration is cool too.
Published on 6 Jun 2001 by gillian@bitbox.co.uk
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