How Georgina Drove the Car Very Carefully from Boston to New York

By Lucy Bate

Book Overview

Georgina proves a fine improvisational storyteller as she narrates a make-believe car trip to Grandma and Grandpa's house--one with herself at the wheel. . . . Bate captures perfectly a child's direct voice and her delight in trying on adult roles and feats. Taylor's splashy, eccentric watercolors pick up the energy and joy in Georgina's yarn, making this a trip worth taking again and again.--Publishers Weekly. Full color.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517593246
• ISBN13: 9780517593240
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Dragonfly Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 10.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Absolute Classic for those young wannabe drivers

If your child is say a decade or so from seeing a driver's license, this book is a small child's dream come true. Utterly charming and a quick read for those hoarse parents who have to read "just one more" at bedtime. My child and I read it hundreds of times, and even 12 years later, we turn to it once in a while to remind us of the fun day when Georgina drove the car, and Mommy and Daddy had to sit in the back seat for a change.

Like to pretend to drive? This is your book!

Somehow this book captures the stubbornness and imagination of a small child pretending to drive. They say it's out of print? That's terribly sad. Georgina should be a classic.