Things That Go!
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These fast-paced and playful board books introduce young children to different vehicles in their many forms. At 22 pages and just 5.5 inches tall, they are easy to handle by toddlers and easy to master by beginning readers.
Illustrated by Alexander Mostov Published by Little Bigfoot List price: $9.99 |
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My First Things that Go!
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"We absolutely love the rhyme and repetition in these catchy books."--BooksGrowMinds |
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"With rhyming text, children will love anticipating what's coming next. I know my daughter does!"--Where the Board Books Are |
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"It’s a truck jamboree! Over 40 trucks, some playful, some practical, rumble across the pages of this board book."--Kirkus Review |
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A cavalcade of boats both realistic and whimsical.“Old boats. New boats. / One-or-two boats. // Tall boats. Small boats. / Heave-and-haul boats.” So begins Boswell’s playful, rhythmic, and compact text. Mostov’s illustrations, which are graphically simple and pleasingly two-dimensional in dark and bold colors, depict a wide range of floating apparatuses, mostly in profile. A playful excursion for young mariners.
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"The colorful and active graphics clearly convey the excitement, freedom, and joy bike riding brings to this multicultural cast. . . Grab a helmet and a caregiver or friend, then—go!"--Kirkus Reviews |
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"After reading it three times consecutively with pleas for an encore, Go Bikes, Go! definitely wins the popular book award in our house at the moment. Go, Bikes, Go! is fresh in content, and subject matter, as it brings back memories of Go Dogs Go and Wacky Wednesday with its energetic tone, rhythmic text, buzzing illustrations, and unexpected twists." |
Story behind the story
It all started with a yellow bike. When I moved across the country -- from Washington, DC to Portland, OR -- to "be an artist" -- I made an ill-fated decision to buy a new car. A year later, I was on my way as an artist but gaining in debt, and my car got... repossessed. (A relief, by that point.) A friend gave me a bike.
I grew up on a farm, on a gravel road miles from any pavement. I'm sure I had a bicycle at some point, but I certainly never mastered it. So I remember my first ride at age twenty-five, guided by my friend Beth through Portland's streets. "Don't weave in and out of cars, stay straight and in the view of drivers," she said. I wavered on the corners, sweat profusely, and generally hated it. But I spent the next three years commuting by bicycle and those rides are some of my great moments in Portland. Once I found a free drawing table that I balanced all the way home. Once I felt like I was riding straight into the moon. Many times I felt connected to my fellow riders, strong in my own skin, and just happy to be alive. I saw cyclists of so many shapes and sizes, carrying such interesting things, on bikes they had often custom-made and decorated. That is the larger inspiration for a bicycle book.
Then, a few years ago, I asked my students to analyze the books they remembered from their childhoods. Go, Dogs, Go! was my example. I hadn't read the book for more than twenty years, but I could still remember the cadence and the illustrations clearly-- especially the big dog party at the end. So I took the rhythm that P.D. Eastman and Dr. Seuss and the Berenstains had used to well and applied it to my bicycles. Bicycles led to boats, and then to trucks and planes -- none of which I know quite so intimately, but all which have the same surprising variety once you start to look. In fact, every vehicle mentioned within the text does in fact, exist. I've seen bicycles wearing shoes, boats that go on land, and trucks that pull airplanes. So whatever form of locomotion you choose, enjoy the rhyme and enjoy the ride!
I grew up on a farm, on a gravel road miles from any pavement. I'm sure I had a bicycle at some point, but I certainly never mastered it. So I remember my first ride at age twenty-five, guided by my friend Beth through Portland's streets. "Don't weave in and out of cars, stay straight and in the view of drivers," she said. I wavered on the corners, sweat profusely, and generally hated it. But I spent the next three years commuting by bicycle and those rides are some of my great moments in Portland. Once I found a free drawing table that I balanced all the way home. Once I felt like I was riding straight into the moon. Many times I felt connected to my fellow riders, strong in my own skin, and just happy to be alive. I saw cyclists of so many shapes and sizes, carrying such interesting things, on bikes they had often custom-made and decorated. That is the larger inspiration for a bicycle book.
Then, a few years ago, I asked my students to analyze the books they remembered from their childhoods. Go, Dogs, Go! was my example. I hadn't read the book for more than twenty years, but I could still remember the cadence and the illustrations clearly-- especially the big dog party at the end. So I took the rhythm that P.D. Eastman and Dr. Seuss and the Berenstains had used to well and applied it to my bicycles. Bicycles led to boats, and then to trucks and planes -- none of which I know quite so intimately, but all which have the same surprising variety once you start to look. In fact, every vehicle mentioned within the text does in fact, exist. I've seen bicycles wearing shoes, boats that go on land, and trucks that pull airplanes. So whatever form of locomotion you choose, enjoy the rhyme and enjoy the ride!