Cool Cars

Amazing Machines

by Tony Mitton, Ant Parker (Illustrator)

From luxury limousines to speedy sports cars, Amazing Machines: Cool Cars features a wide variety of automobiles-- all driven by kooky animal characters. Lively rhyming text by the award-winning poet Tony Mitton perfectly complements Ant Parker's bold, bright illustrations. A picture dictionary identifying car parts builds vocabulary and makes learning about cars even more fun.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Juvenile, Transport, Cars, Fiction

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Samantha Penrose · Rating 4 out of 5]

This rhyming book introduces your youngster to the world of cars...from what they are, how they work, how to care for them, how to operate them, what a driver does and more!
Includes the "anatomy" of a car on the last page.

[Marlowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my son’s favourite bedtime books. It’s a lovely rhyming description of cars with colourful, fun illustrations. The rhymes make it fun to read, and I like that it’s a good introduction to the concept of cars – between the words and the pictures, it’s helped my son and I talk about rules of the road, the mechanics of how cars work, and types of vehicles.

It’s a staple of our bedtime bookshelf!

[Helen Kumpel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who this book would be for: PreK-K
Reflection:
Cool Cars is a great book to introduce different parts of a car and what each part does to help the car go! A glossary at the end of the book summarizes the job of each part of the car. Very cute!

[Ruth Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this book because it rhymes and it's fun to read.

The illustrations will help children learn about cars, roads and driving as well as different types of cars. A diagram in the back of the book describes car parts.

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book about cars.

[Nancy Jo Lambert · Rating 4 out of 5]

We love all the Amazing machines books! These wonderfully illustrated and fun rhyming text books are great to share with young children!

[Mandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

We read this every single day. Darling illustrations and fun rhymes make this one of Masons favorites!

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this series! These read aloud well and are age-appropriate without dumbing things down too much. Cute, colorful illustrations. Withstand multiple readings. Highly recommended for ages 2-5.

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun car book with great art!

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rhymes, good amount of words on a page. Generally nice.

[Jenna Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

3yo now absolutely loves these books

[Meredith]

3 or 3 1/2 stars. Nice rhyming pattern with colorful illustrations and lots to look at on the pages. The illustration of the car at the end seemed like info kids reading this book would already know

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute preschool and up book about cars including types and usage. Great sing song way the story is told makes it move with cute pictures.

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loves this book, he is obsessed with cars and we have to read this to him at least once a day. He is getting really good at identifying parts of a car and the road signs.

[Tiia Muotkavaara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nää Tony Mittonin työkone- ja autokirjat on tosi mieleisiä meidän 2-vuotiaalle. Kiva, rimmaava rytmi ja mielenkiintoisia yksityiskohtia kuvissa.

[Dustyn Mckenney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun for kids who would be in to learning about lots of different cars. Rhythmic rhyming and colorful art makes it entertaining to look at and read

[Kim Patton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for little ones, kindergarteners would probably enjoy.

[Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Squirt just hasn't developed an interest in cars yet - diggers and such, yes, but not cars. Maybe this review will change in a little as he grows.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute non-fiction about cars - very much simple non-fiction.
Text is informative rhymes, which sometimes are a bit clunky.

Loved by some young children.

Good for boys.

[jessica wilson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actually a nifty book about cars. Fun, colorful illustrations show the parts fo the car and how the rules of the road work. The kiddos in my classroom love it!

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

27 month - a simple book series that introduces new vocabulary in an easy, fun way.

[Kristen Thorp]

116/365

[Sophiapee]

interesting