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“She put her beach ball on the car, and she stuck it on tight with chocolate marshmallow fudge delight “

After reading the book, students could write about a time they helped fix something at home, like repairing a broken chair or cooking dinner together.

This book tells the story of a determined family who never gives up, working together to fix every broken part of their quirky car. Despite the car's problems “it couldn‘t make it fast and couldn‘t make it far“ the family shows resilience by using their lake toys to patch it up and keep going. The simple yet colorful illustrations capture their positive attitude.

Guinn's book is about some of America's most popular historic figures from the early 20th century, getting together for both pleasure and publicity. His work is a good read and captures well the personalities of Ford, Edison, Firestone, and Burroughs. It also is a good reminder that historic figures are complex - capable of both genius and folly or charity and hate. I recommend this book.

Another fantastic, random bookshelf find. Published in 1953 this one is about the history of cars in the US. In the first few chapters it covers everything from building your own car and auto fashions, such as the “windshield” hat, to the first car race in the US which ran from Chicago to Evanston. This is a fun one to flip through!

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“She ran like the wind.”