The Mud Hole

By Arthur Brood

Two brothers find adventure and mischief with a mud hole on the road near their family farm and meet drivers of these "noisy, smelly auto contraptions" as they try to convince their father to get... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097948510X
• ISBN13: 9780979485107
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Class ACT Productions
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Learn about cars in a fun way!

Reviewed by Matthew Feliciano (age 7) for Reader Views (1/08) I really liked this book, "The Mud Hole," because I think it was really cool how the kids in the book got to see all of the cars. I like the way the author gives information about the cars included in the book and tells more about them in the end of the book. This book was about two boys, Robert and Henry. They lived in older times, the 1900s, in the country. A lot of people were starting to get cars but Robert and Henry's father did not have one. He didn't like automobiles at all but the boys were very interested. They wanted to see and learn all about cars as often as they could. They both caused a lot of mischief. They made the town mud hole worse by digging a ditch from the creek to the hole. This would keep the mud hole from drying up and made more cars get stuck. When a car got stuck, Robert and Henry pulled it out with the horse. This gave them a chance to earn money and a chance to see the cars up close. At the end of the story in "The Mud Hole," it turns out Robert and Henry's father does buy a car. He realized it would become necessary to have a car and he got a good deal. This made Henry and Robert very happy.

The Mud Hole

I finally got a chance to read The Mud Hole this weekend. I really enjoyed it. The boys certainly followed the rule of true entrepreneurs ...."create a need and then fill it" and I like how you ended the story with consequences for less-than-honest behavior. This would be very good reading in the elementary classroom. I'd love to see it in a larger hardbound version with color pictures. Especially because of your great descriptions of driving attire and fashion of the day.