Baby Fix My Car (Baby Be of Use) [Board book]

Lisa Brown (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 14, 2006 | Series: Baby Be of Use

Are you a parent? Are you tired of driving around in an old wreck of an automobile? Never fear; help is on the way. This book will teach your little ones the ins and outs of basic car repair. It's quick, easy, and best of all, cheaper than your local garage! Now wipe off your greasy paws, get into your carseat, and we¹ll hit the road! Thanks, baby!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Lisa Brown is an illustrator who lives in San Francisco with a husband and a baby.

Product Details

• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: McSweeney's, Irregulars (June 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932416560
• ISBN-13: 978-1932416565
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.4 x 5.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #709,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

LISA BROWN is the bestselling author and/or illustrator of a growing number of books, including "How to Be," "The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming," and "Baby Mix Me a Drink." She draws the Three Panel Book Review cartoon for the book section of the San Francisco Chronicle. Lisa lives in San Francisco with her son and her husband, who is rumored to be Lemony Snicket.

Lisa Brown's latest book is "Picture the Dead," by Adele Griffin, an illustrated Civil War era ghost story for young adults. Her next picture book for children is "Vampire Boy's Good Night," which will be published in time for Halloween, 2010.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

101 of 101 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ineffective April 28, 2011

By B. Hunt

Format:Board book

After reading this book to my infant son three dozen times over a period of as many days, I set him loose in the garage and requested that he change the oil in my car. After an entire hour, he had not so much as popped the hood. I persevered in trying to get him to complete the requested oil changing task by starting the procedure for him. I opened the hood, held him up and showed him where the oil should go, and set him back down, handing him two bottles of replacement oil. Nothing. He just sat there cooing and smiling with no apparent intention of changing my oil.

Then he put his mouth on the cap of one of the oil bottles! Disgusting! You would think that a basic manual of car maintenance would at least effectively impart the idea that fluids for automobiles are not edible.

A month of study using this textbook and my baby is not only a totally unmotivated and wholly ignorant mechanic, but his approach to working in the garage is plainly unsafe.

"Baby Fix My Car?" More like "Baby Roll Around on the Garage Floor Drinking Poisons!"

This book does not work.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars short and cute November 28, 2009

By J. Giesbrecht

Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase

Not a lot of words, but infants need visuals to learn car maintenance. :) This book makes me laugh, my kids like it, and my husband thinks it's just moderately funny. Simple, short board book with a different theme.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A simple joke, well-executed June 11, 2011

By Andrew Lindemann Malone

Format:Board book|Amazon Verified Purchase

The title indicates what the one joke in the book is, but the execution is stylish and imaginative (I love Baby's credit card), and it has a great punchline. I bought it for my infant niece and she put it in her mouth immediately, which I think means she likes it. So both adults and children will enjoy this one.