Road Trip

by Roger Eschbacher, Thor Wickstrom (Illustrator)

A family piles into their car to head for a family reunion at Grandma's house, embarking on a road trip that includes songs, games, food, roadside attractions, and restful motels.

Genres: Picture Books, Travel, Poetry, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published June 8, 2006

About the author

Roger Eschbacher lives in Los Angeles with his awesome family and a sweet little Russian tortoise.

In addition to writing fantasy and sci-fi adventure novels, he writes TV animation for Warner Bros., Netflix, Cartoon Network, Hasbro Studios and more.

Roger’s YA space opera Ghost Star is a winner of the Kindle Scout competition and received a publishing contract from Amazon’s Kindle Press imprint.

Ghost Star and other books by Roger are listed on his Amazon Author Page.

Reviews

[Shelby Dains · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great poetry book. I loved how it was a story about a family going on a family vacation. This book could be a great book for students of 3rd and 4th grade to read while learning about poetry. I loved how the poetry wasn't over done, there was a good amount of rhyming words but not all of the poems were consumed with rhyming (which is a great way to introduce to students that not all poems rhyme). I also really admired the illustrations in this book because they would give the reader a lot to look at while reading the short poems. I really enjoyed this book.

[Rachel Banks · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really cute book about a family road trip across the country to visit the grandparents. Along the way, they stop and see some of the attractions and play traditional road trip games like "I Spy." Could be read to a class upon returning from a break or in preparation for a break. I could use this in a classroom to help students learn where different states, cities, countries, and attractions are around the world. This book could also be used in an "introduction to me" type thing because my family road trips are a lot like what is portrayed in this book.

[Kalee Maneth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Road Trip is such a fun poetry book. It would be fun to read to your class or to your our children before a vacation. It's about a family that is taking a road trip to their family reunion and if you ask me it is way to familiar to any old trip I have took with my family. I may not have it in my classroom but I hope where ever I am teaching once I complete school that there is access to it.

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

A young lad shares his adventures on a road trip with his family to visit their grandmother, and other family members at a reunion. Along the way the family enjoys the pleasures of seeing sights during the two day drive to their destination. A fun read a loud book in the house, or in the car while on the road. Several activities to do while in the car are mentioned throughout the pages.

[Janae · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would give this a 3.5. Covers everything you encounter on a road trip - from bugs squishing the windshield, to songs you sing, farms you pass, dealing with boredom, and odd attractions - in rhyme.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's made up of poems. Poems all related to road trips. I think these could be quite relatable to children and maybe you could even use this as an assignment for students that are missing school for trips: have them write poetry about so many things that they went through on the trip.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

An enjoyable tribute to the exasperating yet irresistible family road trip.

[Senor Sock · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fine children's book about an old-fashioned summer car trip. A delight to both beginning readers and adults with colorful and entertaining illustrations.

[Rebecca Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book. The main concept of it all is about family & how special it can be when you all get together.