Let's Cruise! (Friendship Box, 4 board books in a box) (Cars movie tie in) [Board book]

RH Disney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 22, 2006 | Age Level: 2 and up

Ready, set, GO! Lightning McQueen, the rookie hot-shot race car, is screaming his way down the track on his way to winning the Piston Cup. But when he gets stuck in a slow little town called Radiator Springs, McQueen must learn a valuable lesson about friendship—fast. This beautifully illustrated Read-Aloud Storybook is the complete retelling of Disney presentation of a Pixar film latest computer-animated film, Cars.


From the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: RH/Disney (August 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0736423915
• ISBN-13: 978-0736423915
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 2.1 x 7.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #82 in Books > Professional & Technical > Automotive > Racing

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for small fans of the movie!, December 25, 2007

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Jeffrey C. Key - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let's Cruise! (Friendship Box, 4 board books in a box) (Cars movie tie in) (Board book)

My two year old who's favorite show is Cars loves these books. They are very simple books that each tell a watered down portion of the story. Each book is from a different character's POV from the movie; Lightning, Mater, Sally, and Doc.

The books are very sturdy which is great for when one of my children decides to get rough with them. The little case they come in is cute and while my boy likes carrying it around, it's made of a much thinner cardboard and I can tell it won't last very long.

All in all, I'm very happy with this product.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Review of "Lightning McQueen", August 27, 2008

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Christopher Diehl (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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To have it all and realize that it is still not enough is the lesson offered by "Lightning McQueen," Frank Berrios's take on William Blake's famous maxim: "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." At first, it's tempting to brush off this work as yet another picaresque morality tale, but to do so would be to deprive oneself of a truly transcendental reading experience.

The tale is told in retrospect, as McQueen looks back upon his life addicted to speed. McQueen is a racecar, you see, a young fool whose heart is set solely on winning the race, any race, anywhere, at any cost. Berrios's prose leads us to envision the late night excesses of the young car, tasting the fruits of fame and riches, guzzling oil by the barrel, burning rubber on nameless, abandoned parking lots, constantly proving himself against some nameless foe.

"I used to think racing was everything," says McQueen, as he cuts a swath of devastation in his wake during one particular race. What is it that motivates him? What is it that causes this self-destructive behavior? In his genius, Berrios never reveals it. Instead, we are left to ponder the internal machinations of a tortured soul who can find no other light in his life than the glare of the winner's podium and all the accoutrements it engenders.

It is not until he arrives in Radiator Springs that perspective is gained and he begins to take stock of the decisions he's made and where those decisions have taken him. "I made new friends [in Radiator Springs]," McQueen admits, and we believe him. The grandeur and beauty of the landscape and a special bond formed with a nameless female car who lives in the town causes McQueen to rethink everything about his former lifestyle.

"I still like winning," McQueen tells us in the book's final page, "but I also love going for a drive with my friends!" Berrios wants us to believe that through balance, success is attainable, that one can discover a winning formula without an extra edge. Ultimately, the admission seems too neat and trite in a work of such pulsating introspection. As readers, we are left wanting. But it's a minor stumble for Berrios in a work of exquisite prose, and after all of the tribulations and redemptions that he has guided us through from the opening scene, perhaps we can forgive him.

Through the eyes of a simple racecar, Berrios examines the drama of choice, the rearrangement of values and how the bonds of friendship can leave an impression that can change a life's course. It is his strongest work to date, a tour-de-force of devastating literary consequence.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - just what I expected, April 14, 2008

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OnLine Shopper (Franklin TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let's Cruise! (Friendship Box, 4 board books in a box) (Cars movie tie in) (Board book)

My 2 1/2 yr old son loves the Car movie, the characters and LOVES this book set. He has just as much fun taking the books in & out of the box as he does reading them. He practically has the books memorized to read to himself. The box is holding up surprisingly well considering that he carries it a lot of places & often to the grocery store!