Rattletrap Car
Walker Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
40 pages
978-0-7445-8932-0 (ISBN)
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Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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 GuardianMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 269 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
212 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7445-8932-0 (9780744589320)
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Persons
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.