Away We Go! (Harper Growing Tree) [Hardcover]

Dan Yaccarino (Author), Rebecca Kai Dotlich (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2000 | Age Level: 1 and up | Series: Harper Growing Tree

Your 1-year-old is fascinated by movement and by different colorful vehicles.

Tips for reading and sharing:

• Say "Away We Go!" at appropriate moments during the day and use it as a starting point to recite portions of the text

• Point out the vehicles you see in your neighborhood and relate them to the book

• While reading the book talk about which vehicles float on the water, which fly in the sky, and which travel on the ground

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-In this beautifully designed book, vibrant graphic art is coupled with a short and sweet rhyming text to produce a lively introduction to things that go. From an airplane to a wheelchair to a cable car to a wagon, many different modes of transportation are presented. Some double-page spreads use a series of panels to show individual vehicles, while others contain only one or two larger items, such as a jet and a car. Each image is accompanied by either a single identifying word or a short sentence. The catchy phrase "Away we go!" will have listeners chanting along. Featuring concrete, precisely drawn pictures with contrasting colors and bright solid backgrounds, these dynamic pages will appeal to and attract the attention of an active toddler audience. This title combines an old-fashioned look with a sophisticated sensibility. Retro at its best.
Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 1-3. "Taxi, school bus, sailboat, horse. / A jumbo jet, a car, of course!" Very young children will enjoy pointing at the bright pages in this title in the Harper Growing Tree series, which pairs a simple chanting rhyme with very clear, cut-out style pictures of vehicles and people in motion. A wheelchair is as natural a part of the action as a sled, a bike, and a child's wagon; then there's the sweep of a train across two pages, a ship in the ocean, a plane in the sky. Turn the page and there's a boy running, "sometimes fast, sometimes slow." A direct, joyful way to teach words, colors, movements, and that books can zoom. Hazel Rochman
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: HarperFestival (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0694013935
• ISBN-13: 978-0694013937
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,028,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A delightful book for toddlers., November 26, 2000

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J. Kalina (Millburn NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Away We Go! (Harper Growing Tree) (Hardcover)

This book is fun to read and leaves lots of opportunity for discussion while reading. The illustrations are great. Best of all, even with a toddler's propensity to request that I read the book over and over and over again, I don't tire of this one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best, September 27, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Away We Go! (Harper Growing Tree) (Hardcover)

This has to be one of the best, most colorful books about cars
and other forms of transportation for toddlers. I have two boys, ages 18 mos and 3 yrs. I can read this over and over and over again. At night when a sleepy dad is tired, it's also an easy, quick read before bed. I bought one for my nephew's 2nd birthday, and they say it's become a favorite of his too.
We especially like the cable car page. Go, go, go! My youngest one says. A great addition to our collection of books.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great easy book, November 30, 2010

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Heather - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Away We Go! (Harper Growing Tree) (Hardcover)

This book is awesome! My son looks at it every day. He's three and he's liked it since he was one. We borrowed it from the library first, but soon realized we'd have to buy him a copy of his own.