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Minton loves things that move - boats, planes, cars, trucks - and he finds just what he needs to make them. Now he can't wait to explore the city in his new car. But with Minton behind the wheel, Turtle is not sure what might be around the corner. Join in their adventures, and make Minton's car for yourself. Look out for other wonderful books by Anna Fienberg and Kim Gamble: Minton Goes Sailing 1, Minton Goes Flying 2, Minton Goes Trucking 4, The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived
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About the Author:
Anna Fienberg's stories are loved by both children and adults. She has worked as an editor and consultant for a national book club, but now divides her time between writing and mothering. Kim Gamble is one of Australia's leading illustrators for children. His books include Come the Terrible Tiger, You Can Draw Anything, You Can Do Great Lettering, and with Anna Fienberg, The Hottest Boy Who Ever Lived and the Tashi books.
From Publishers Weekly:
Starring in these four flimsy and somewhat garishly illustrated tales from an Australian duo is black-and-orange polka-dotted Minton, "a beachcombing salamander," and his best buddy, Turtle. In the inaugural book, Minton is determined to explore a distant island and uses a margarine container and other items that wash up on his beach to build a sailboat. When he and Turtle arrive on the island (swimming to shore when the boat capsizes), they meet Bouncer, an acrobat who is there because she had taken an enormous jump during her circus act one day. In the subsequent stories, motion-loving Minton uses recycled materials to build an airplane to transport Bouncer back to her circus in the city; construct a car; and build a dump truck to land a job at a construction site. Cursory instructions for fashioning the vehicles using household materials conclude each of the volumes. The plots do not stand on their own, relying on prior installments to provide crucial context and leaving it to subsequent installments to resolve the conflicts in the abrupt endings. Some expressions may baffle American readers (e.g., Minton's car "puffed and pooped its way" up a hill), and an unfortunate passage in the same book has Turtle asking his friend, "What if your car zooms out of control and goes crashing into a skyscraper and blows up?" Even discounting that contretemps, these volumes have little to recommend them. Ages 2-6.
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- PublisherAllen & Unwin Children's Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1864483687
- ISBN 13 9781864483680
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
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