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Maxi the Little Taxi
Maxi the Little Taxi
Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: January 26, 2017
Review
Mr. Buddy's Taxi Service is sending Maxi the Little Taxi out for his first day on the job. He is clean and shiny and ready to go. He has a wonderful time zipping and zooming around town and loves to hit all the mud puddles he sees. Between the puddles, the pigeons and the sticky-fingered little passengers, Maxi gets grimy mighty fast and tentative riders give him a wide berth. What to do. The text is rhyming and makes for a very good read aloud choice. Little boys and girls will delight in Maxi's expressions,the colorful, bold illustrations and will giggle when they hear of Maxi's car wash experience when the scrubbers "tickle his muffler and bumper and hubs." This will make a good addition to collections, especially for little ones that love anything with wheels.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Upton, Elizabeth
Illustrator: Cole, Henry
Illustration Quality: very good
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: fiction in verse / poetry
Audience: preschool
Binding Type: reinforced trade binding
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780545798600
Price: 17.99