The Happy Yellow Car

by Polly Horvath

Gunther Grunt buys a new car with the money his wife has been saving to send their twelve-year-old daughter, Betty, to college. To make matters worse, Betty has been elected Pork-Fry Queen by her classmates and now she doesn't have the money needed to buy flowers for the teacher. What follows is a comedic chain of events that teaches the Grunts about the value of family.

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 1994

About the author

Polly Horvath is the author of many books for young people, including Everything on a Waffle, The Pepins and Their Problems, The Canning Season and The Trolls. Her numerous awards include the Newbery Honor, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature, the Mr. Christie Award, the international White Raven, and the Young Adult Canadian Book of the Year. Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She attended the Canadian College of Dance in Toronto and the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York City. She has taught ballet, waitressed, done temporary typing, and tended babies, but while doing these things she has always also written. Now that her children are in school, she spends the whole day writing, unless she sneaks out to buy groceries, lured away from her desk by the thought of fresh Cheez Whiz. She lives on Vancouver Island with her husband and two daughters.

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Reviews

[Rick Stuckwisch · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast, fun, cleverly written book from Polly Horvath, one of her earlier works (from 1994). Lots of gentle humor throughout, with wry and whimsical glimpses at family life, but thoughtful insights into what is important. Not a literary masterpiece, but well written and well worth reading.

[Ashley Blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another Polly Horvath comedy with a message and a good one at that.

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

best book ever!!!