Toot Toot Zoom!

By: Phyllis Root, Matthew Cordell (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 1 April 2009

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Hardcover
40 Pages

Age
3 - 7

Dimensions(cm)
28.58 x 21.59 x 1.27

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A funny, fast, and noisy tale about finding friends where you least expect to is the perfect vehicle for reading aloud.

Poor Pierre! He lives all alone at the foot of a mountain, and his heart, how it longs for a friend. Perhaps if he hops in his car - toot, toot, zoom! - he will find a friend on the other side of the mountain! On the road - SCREECH! - he meets Goat, who kindly offers to help. And that, says Pierre, is exactly the sort of thing his friend will do when he finds him! Up, up they zoom, collecting an amiable Sheep and Bear along the way. Will the car make it to the top? Will it get safely down? Will Pierre ever find a friend? Phyllis Root's wry, cumulative story revs readers up with BIG sound words, while Matthew Cordell's energetic illustrations and a fun, dynamic design keep them happily strapped in for the ride.

Industry Reviews

Pierre the fox lives a lonely life at the foot of a very high mountain. One day he jumps in his zippy red car hoping to find a friend on the other side. At each switchback he honks: "Toot! Toot! Zoom!" But listeners shouldn't get too carried away zooming, as Pierre frequently screeches to a halt, his way blocked - first by Goat, then Sheep and finally Bear. One after the other Mr. Gumpy - like, they pile into the little red car, hoping, like Pierre, to find a friend. When a horrendous crash wrecks their trusty vehicle, the animals offer to stay with Pierre on the other side of the mountain, which but for them, would be just as lonely as Pierre's side. Cordell's ink-and-watercolor illustrations effectively portray the seesawing emotions of the characters, and he often orients his spreads vertically to chart Pierre's progress up and down the needle-like mountain. While the car crash is played as slapstick, the house the four construct of the car's remains is a nice detail. Not a necessary purchase, but rounds out the friendship theme and has storytime potential. (Picture book. 3-6) (Kirkus Reviews)

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