Zoom!

By Diane Adams

Book Overview

Anticipation and anxiety lead to gleeful exhilaration in this story of a father-son roller-coaster ride.

A timid young boy is just barely tall enough to ride the DinoCoaster, so he joins his father for a fast-paced journey that takes them climbing, zooming, sailing, and lurching upside down, round and round, past a colorful cast of amusement park creations. When the roller coaster finally comes to a stop, the boy is ready for another ride...but his queasy father isn't quite as enthusiastic.

Diane Adams' action-packed propulsive rhyme carries the reader along on a journey from fear to delight, accompanied by Kevin Luthardt's appealing, friendly amusement park dinosaurs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561456837
• ISBN13: 9781561456833
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 10.0" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

fun, colorful and exciting!

This book is sooooo cute! I can relate to being afraid of rollercoasters as an adult and a child. The ending has a fun twist. This is an amusement park experience all kids and adults can identify with. You can tell that this story came from the authors very own experience.

A wonderful adventure!

This is a simply marvelous book! It tells of the exciting adventure of a son and father taking a roller coaster ride together. It's lots of fun! Young children will enjoy the great rhymes, the descriptive verbs, and the colorful pictures. My son loves to have it read to him and requests it again and again and again. We've given it as a gift to a few of his friends and they enjoy it as much as he does. We hope that Diane Adams will write many more books!

Fun for the Family

This book is a lot of fun! Kids get very excited about this story because they love hearing about rollercoasters and can also relate to the idea of being scared of them. They think its funny that the Dad ends up being the one scared, and I think they feel braver as a result. Also, the illustrations are fabulous and really convey the fun and color of an amusement park. I want to ride that roller coaster! This is a fun book for kids and adults, and I think the author is truly talented!

A fun ride!

My children love this book! My family read the book before a trip to the amuzement park and we could all relate to the father and son character and how they overcame their fears. The book took us on a fun journey that we can relate to many aspects of growing up. A great conversation starter.

Zoom!

We loved Zoom! I read it to my 4 year old nephew. He was serious, howled with laughter and at the end said, "AGAIN!" A great book to discuss conquering our fears. Loved the story and changing expressions and moods in the characters. Great to discuss and talk about the facial expressions,excellent conversation starter with children. Captivates the attention of ages 3 & up, we all have a rollercoaster story to compare it to. LOVED IT!