Perfect for interactive baby storytime! ( )

Reading age 4-8 years
Bill Martin Jr Picture book Award

First sentence: This old car,
it is blue,
yellow, red, and purple too.
With a bing, bang,
Chugga, beep,
Bouncing here and there,
This old car goes everywhere.

Premise/plot: I couldn't find anywhere on the jacket copy that it's meant to be song to "This Old Man," but I think it is meant to be. The jacket copy just says "singsong" story. What you see is exactly what you get. A car (and toy-car) themed rhyming song to share with little ones at home and at school.

My thoughts: Bill Martin Jr. died in 2004. I don't know exactly how/where these new books are coming from--cowritten with Michael Sampson, but I'm not exactly complaining. I think this one--like so many other classics--fits right in in a pre-K, kindergarten, first grade environment. Or at home, of course. Or the library. I do think you'll probably want to practice singing this one before you have an audience. But I think it is possible to get the rhythm right with a practice-run first. ( )