My Car

by Byron Barton

A car journey from country to city

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praised by ALA Booklist as “simply wonderful”

    Booklist praises the book for young children intrigued by cars.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A car journey from country to city

Sam’s drive connects the workings of a car with the wider world around it. As he travels from his country home to his city job, the book brings together vehicle parts, road signs and signals, and the contrast of night and day. The journey also opens onto community life and different occupations. Bright, graphic illustrations offer opportunities to name colors and shapes and to count, giving the book several concrete details for young children to notice alongside the transportation theme.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young children intrigued by cars, trucks, and other transportation.
  • Preschoolers practicing counting and naming colors and shapes.
  • Children interested in signs, daily travel, and community occupations.

Themes

Cars and transportationRoad signs and signalsNight and dayCommunity and occupationsCounting, colors, and shapes

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Book overview

With bright, clear art and prose as clean as Sam the narrator's shiny engine, this preschooler-friendly book explores transportation, the parts of a car, signs and signals, night and day, community, and occupations.

Bright, graphic artwork invites readers to count, name colors and shapes, and follow Sam and his car as they drive through a bustling world from Sam's home in the country to his job in the city. Named to numerous "best of the year" lists, My Car features vehicles, signs and signals, and a surprise ending. "For young children intrigued by cars, this book is simply wonderful."--ALA Booklist

Byron Barton is the celebrated creator of numerous picture books for very young children, including Trucks, My Bus, and Building a House.

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