Ultimate Spotlight: Cars

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Author(s)

Sophie Dussaussois

Publisher

Twirl

Genre(s)

Vehicles

Age Range

Release Date

August 22, 2023

ISBN

979-1036357275

Interactive and engaging, Ultimate Spotlight: Cars gives children a closer look at the ins and outs of this beloved vehicle! Explore what's inside a car, how a car is made, and even get in on the excitement of a race track.
• Flaps! Pull-tabs! Pop-ups! Lots of interactive and moveable parts
• Detailed illustrations that beg to be pored over again and again
• Educational content reviewed by an expert

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Hours of Fun for Young Motor Enthusiasts

August 09, 2023

Overall rating

5.0

Writing Style

5.0

Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)

5.0

Learning Value

5.0

This pop-up book is packed with information about various aspect of cars. There are labels galore, and it's so much fun to open the car doors to see the interior labeled, or pull the tab to send a car through a factory assembly line! There's a great map with highways and main streets with highlights labeled, and even a fold down parking garage. The working stop light will enthrall young readers; that will be the first tab that wears out!

My favorite pages might be the spread on car maintenance, where we can send a car up on a hydraulic lift to get the oil changed, and also have a dirty car come out the other side of a car wash clean and shiny. The final pop up is a car racing stadium with all its fans.

Good Points

The colors are bright, and the pictures clean. Because there is so much text, the font is on the smaller side, but emerging readers will be more interested in the activity tabs than the prose at first.

There is a brief discussion about fossil fuels, and how there is a need to switch to other methods. This is illustrated with an electric vehicle that we are able to plug into a power station. This makes the book a snapshot of a very particular time, or at least I hope so. It would be great if this is dated in ten years because there are so many more EVs! The cars pictured look very European (they are small, with many hatchbacks, which are fantastic cars but harder to find in the US) which makes sense since this book was first published in France.

Young motor enthusiasts will love spending time with this book after reading similar titles like All About Cars by Krashiski and Latyk, van Dusen's If I Built a Car, Stein's Cars Galore, and Scarry's classic Cars and Trucks and Things That Go.