Read Hot Rod Hamster (2010)

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Author

Cynthia Lord

Genre

Fantasy

Rating

3.75 of 5 Votes: 5

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ISBN

0545035309 (ISBN13: 9780545035309)

Language

English

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Shops

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Hot Rod Hamster (2010) - Plot & Excerpts

Little Hamster wants to enter the big hot rod race, but needs to find a car. In rhyming text with big, bold illustrations the junkyard dog helps Hamster put together his hot rod racer. There are many choices to be made and the text asks the reader to help hamster make them...which color, fat tires or thin?....and there are plenty of opportunities for a story time audience to not only chime in with answers but to make all sort of car/racing sounds. This is a thoroughly enjoyable read-aloud. My male students, particularly those in kindergarten through 2nd grade, have been going crazy for this book! It is a very cute book that involves two things popular with young boys: animals and cars. It's a great book for read-alound because it poses some questions about how readers would build a hot rod if they could. The illustrations are colorful, cartoonish, and vibrant, and they do their part to move the story along.