In the lives of little people, imagination rules!
They can turn toilet rolls into spacecraft or French knitting kits. Make
puppets or trains.
There is no limit to what can be created. Anything can be
recycled, restructured, converted or recreated. All that’s needed is imagination.
This is the story of two best friends, Liam and Kai
who are very good at all those things.
Their favourite pastime is coming up
with new adventures in the park and creating the mode of transport to suit
their needs, with what is available to them. What’s better than transforming a
box into a taxi, limousine, or any other type of box car necessary to take them
where they want to go, with whoever they are driving on the day?
Eve comes along, and two box cars have to be
divided between three people. No matter how the boys try to accommodate their
new friend, things don’t seem to turn out properly. Will they find a solution
to their problem without leaving anyone out?
This is a delightful story about children solving
problems by using their imagination. Also, about friendships, compromise, and their
ability to recycle, reinvent and transform in the most efficient and innovative
ways.
Cara King’s joyous illustrations are full of fun. With
the colour yellow dominating every page, the book glows, demonstrating the
happiness and freedom children express within relationships - old or new. The
characters, whether box cars or people, animals or birds, have smiles on their
faces indicating the warm atmosphere that exists between all the animate and
inanimate characters. Stunning end pages wrap the book in light and box cars of
various kinds.
Title:
The Box Cars
Author:
Robert Vescio
Illustrator:
Cara King
Publisher:
EK Books, $24.99
Publication
Date: 1February 2019
Format:
Hardcover
ISBN:
9781925335835
For
ages: 4+
Type:
Picture Book
