The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Brum, J. M.

Our Car

32 pp. | Roaring Brook/Porter | August, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62672-246-0 $16.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Jan Bajtlik. In this playful, visually appealing tale, a child and father go exploring in a car "as red as a fire engine." When not zooming through the landscape, they put on tires, wash the car, pull a trailer, observe a mechanic fixing the car, and more. Vivid colors pop off uncluttered spreads with generous white space. The imaginative twist ending comes on the final endpapers of this well-designed book.

Reviewer: Julie Danielson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2019