"Here’s a happy story hour choice. . . . A picture book that passes the fun test with flying fizz." — Booklist
It’s hot, hot, hot! So Junie and Jake and Poppa and the baby want to go to the lake. But can they make it there in their rattletrap car? It doesn’t go fast, and it doesn’t go far. . . . Inventive wordplay and expressive illustrations make this a readaloud road trip to remember.
SELECTION NCTE Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts
AWARD NCTE Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts
"Outrageously funny and impossible solutions are offered, showing a sweet Dad and his three children cooperating joyfully in every aspect of their adventure. No reality check is needed here, just high spirits and a rollicking good time." —Kirkus Reviews
"As in their What Baby Wants, Root and Barton prove that they know how to convey mounting comic mayhem. Root builds her narrative house of cards with plenty of rhythmic repetition and nonsense words, while Barton's sunny, high-spirited watercolors demonstrate that, with a sense of humor, it is possible to move the world—or at least a broken-down Tin Lizzie." —Publishers Weekly
"Here’s a happy story hour choice. . . . A picture book that passes the fun test with flying fizz." — Booklist
It’s hot, hot, hot! So Junie and Jake and Poppa and the baby want to go to the lake. But can they make it there in their rattletrap car? It doesn’t go fast, and it doesn’t go far. . . . Inventive wordplay and expressive illustrations make this a readaloud road trip to remember.
Awards
SELECTION NCTE Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts
AWARD NCTE Notable Children's Trade Books in the Language Arts
Praise
"Outrageously funny and impossible solutions are offered, showing a sweet Dad and his three children cooperating joyfully in every aspect of their adventure. No reality check is needed here, just high spirits and a rollicking good time." —Kirkus Reviews
"As in their What Baby Wants, Root and Barton prove that they know how to convey mounting comic mayhem. Root builds her narrative house of cards with plenty of rhythmic repetition and nonsense words, while Barton's sunny, high-spirited watercolors demonstrate that, with a sense of humor, it is possible to move the world—or at least a broken-down Tin Lizzie." —Publishers Weekly
