Kathy Long
Illustrated by Susan Estelle Kwas
978-0525471875
32 pages
Ages 4 and Up
(preschool to 2nd grade)
Dutton Juvenile
February 2007
picture book
source: public library
When Kaleb goes grocery shopping with Mom, he always rides in the cart . . . but the ride is never this exciting! This time the cart—with Kaleb in it—rolls out of the parking lot and into the street, and he’s off licketysplit on a traffic-stopping adventure. Hilarious neighborhood characters chase after the runaway cart as it zips on by. Kaleb’s exhilarating trip leaps from every page in boldly colored illustrations rendered with a stylish sense of fun. The tale, a twist on the classic Golden Goose, ends happily with Kaleb’s cart rolling back into the parking lot, where it all began. Phew!
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Cute, fun, quick. As a lover of picture books, I'd add this to my library (if it wasn't out of print) but I think I'm getting too old for these :-( I kept thinking of the stupid mother, leaving her child in the cart with the grocery store worker while she went back in for ice cream!That said...I wanted to be in the shopping cart! There was a nice rhythm to the chase and regardless of my thoughts on the the mother, the end was funny!
Challenges this works for:
A to Z (R)
Let Me Count the Ways
Library Books
Read-a-Latte
150+
Monthly Mix-up Mania
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