Floor It!

by Bex Tobin Fine, Federico Fabiani (Illustrator)

Start your engines as Baby zooms around the house like a race car driver, turning an ordinary living room into an exhilarating race course! This whimsical picture book brings the thrill of crawling to life from a baby's unique perspective.

They honk their horn and start to zoom.
Baby's on the Vroom vroom!

Baby is on a quest to get to the other side of the room (aka very far away) all on their own. While the floor may not be so interesting to parents and big siblings, for Baby, it is an entire world full of fascinating things to explore. Seen from their perspective, a fluffy rug becomes tickly grass, a sibling doing yoga turns into a bridge, and a table and chairs transform into a dense forest.

But with so many obstacles, will Baby make it to the finish line?

This bold, fun, and original picture book is sure to capture the imagination of car-obsessed little ones, and the bouncy rhyming text kicks the reading experience into high gear. So hold onto your checkered flags, because this race is only just beginning…

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Family, Childrens, Plays, Fiction, Humor

40 pages, Hardcover

Published September 16, 2025

About the author

Bex Tobin Fine is a writer of two picture books: You Are Home (Chronicle Books) and Floor It! (Random House Children’s). She has also written for the PBS show Lyla in the Loop. She was a solo violinist for many years, playing with countless orchestras, including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, and McGill Chamber Orchestra. She was also an award-winning on-camera and voice actor, voicing lead roles in numerous children’s animated shows, such as Rolie Polie Olie and Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Friends. After getting her master’s degree from the University of Toronto, she spent some time as a high school English, social science, and sciences teacher. She now spends her days writing, drinking too much tea, and exploring the world near and far with her husband and daughter.

Reviews

[Shanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

So stinking cute! Love this little exploration of a baby crawling around their world.

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[Logan Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun and playful story that focuses on a toddler who uses their imagination to turn the living room into a racetrack. When zooming across the living room, the child has to avoid obstacles which makes the race an exciting journey. I was automatically drawn to this story because of the bright and elaborate colors along with the adventurous feeling I got when reading which was very engaging to me as the reader. I also really enjoy that the story acknowledges the beauty of imagination through the toddler's perspective. This would be a great story to read as a read-aloud because it not only is engaging for young readers, but it emphasizes the importance of being imaginative, curious, and determined in order to achieve a goal.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

As its older sibling looks on with encouragement and starts everything off, a baby turns crawling on the floor into a race with the finishing line being a parent's lap. Every page is filled with splashy, eye-catching artwork, created with pencil, gouache, watercolors, markers, spray paint, a tablet, and the computer. Because of the sound effects and images, including an underpass formed by a table, trees, a bridge made from a sibling's legs, this picture book would be a great read aloud, filled with energy, emotion, some suspense, and all of it from a little one's perspective.

[Read Ribbet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bex Tobin Fine cleverly creates a new picture book that follows a baby on a crawl across the room. Using driving, road and car metaphors, the story shows how Baby negotiates the obstacles and family members in the room. The author uses rhymed verse to tell the story making it very accessible for young readers. The illustrations by Federico Fabiani shows the world from the perspective of the crawling baby.

[Terresa Wellborn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Littles with a younger, crawling baby in the house will enjoy this one, as will parents: the ending is sweet with another adventure likely underway...Readers will need to fire up their imagination as the crawling baby encounters all sorts of "big" (imaginary) obstacles on their way to their final goal: mama's lap.

Themes: family, transportation, imagination, stories that rhyme
Ages: preK-1st grade
Pub year: 2025

[Abbigail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really cute illustrations and a funny way of interpreting a baby pretending to be a race car driver in the "ecosystem/race track" of their home (spilled cat water being described as a lake, a lantern described as the moon, etc.), but I agree with another review I read that kids would rather do the pretend racing than watch someone else do it.

[Cynthia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This colorful and charming book takes a playful, humorous look at a baby’s exploration of their home, reimagined as an exciting race car adventure. Cast as a speedy little racer, the baby zooms across the floors and encounters everyday obstacles along the way. Cute, creative, and full of imagination, it brings a delightful twist to a baby’s-eye view of the world.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Baby ST. A baby zooms across the floor like a speed car trying to make it past all the obstacles it finds on the way. Parents will love reading this one to their babies, and the illustrations are bold and geometric.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A baby is the car in this race and gets support from a cat sibling. This is my house. I'll have to check this out when Elsie is a couple of years older because it's such a perfect depiction of our lives. There's even someone doing yoga.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

The artwork is word the reading.

[Alyssa Gudenburr · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like it.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

The rhymes are cute and I love the racing theme

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A baby learns to crawl and navigate their way across their home with obstacles. Preschool and up

[Colorado Buck · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute book about a baby cruising around. rhyming, a bit long, but could shorten it for storytime. - things that go...

[Elisabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

the illustrations are adorable and engaging but I'm afraid the story is a little confusing and quite long.

[Kelsey Gauthier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great baby shower gift book!

[Marcie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just moved it up a star because I love the endpapers. Such fun.

[Tracy Mabry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Soooo cute and funny!

[Viviane Elbee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute book about a baby racing (crawling) around the house.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very cute book about a baby’s adventure around his house while he crawls.