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Yeah, what do wheels do all day? Well ...they push ...race ...stroll ...fly ...whiz ...and spin ...all day long! Simple, direct text, combined with brilliant cut-paper relief illustrations, captures kids' fascination with 'things that go' and opens their minds to the wide variety of wheels and what they do.

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A short rhyming text in very large type provides the framework for Laroche's impressive bas-relief cut-paper collages. . . . Best of all, the wide, single-scene spreads create their own staccato rhythm, with wheels of all sizes punctuating the pages like beats of a drum. --Horn Book, starred Horn Book, Starred This handsome, large-format picture book points out common uses of wheels in a short, rhyming text, brightly illustrated with distinctive collage illustrations. . . . A simply written, well-illustrated picture book. --Booklist Booklist, ALA The striking collage art consists of paper cutouts that have been layered to provide dimension and enhanced by drawing and painting. . . . A fun choice for storytime.-SLJ School Library Journal

A short rhyming text in very large type provides the framework for Laroche's impressive bas-relief cut-paper collages. . . . Best of all, the wide, single-scene spreads create their own staccato rhythm, with wheels of all sizes punctuating the pages like beats of a drum. --Horn Book, starred Horn Book, Starred This handsome, large-format picture book points out common uses of wheels in a short, rhyming text, brightly illustrated with distinctive collage illustrations. . . . A simply written, well-illustrated picture book. Booklist Booklist, ALA The striking collage art consists of paper cutouts that have been layered to provide dimension and enhanced by drawing and painting. . . . A fun choice for storytime. SLJ School Library Journal

This handsome, large-format picture book points out common uses of wheels in a short, rhyming text, brightly illustrated with distinctive collage illustrations. . . . A simply written, well-illustrated picture book. --Booklist

A short rhyming text in very large type provides the framework for Laroche's impressive bas-relief cut-paper collages. . . . Best of all, the wide, single-scene spreads create their own staccato rhythm, with wheels of all sizes punctuating the pages like beats of a drum. --Horn Book, starred Horn Book, Starred<br><br> This handsome, large-format picture book points out common uses of wheels in a short, rhyming text, brightly illustrated with distinctive collage illustrations. . . . A simply written, well-illustrated picture book. --Booklist Booklist, ALA<br><br> The striking collage art consists of paper cutouts that have been layered to provide dimension and enhanced by drawing and painting. . . . A fun choice for storytime. -SLJ School Library Journal

A short rhyming text in very large type provides the framework for Laroche's impressive bas-relief cut-paper collages. . . . Best of all, the wide, single-scene spreads create their own staccato rhythm, with wheels of all sizes punctuating the pages like beats of a drum. --Horn Book, starred Horn Book, Starred This handsome, large-format picture book points out common uses of wheels in a short, rhyming text, brightly illustrated with distinctive collage illustrations. . . . A simply written, well-illustrated picture book. --Booklist Booklist, ALA The striking collage art consists of paper cutouts that have been layered to provide dimension and enhanced by drawing and painting. . . . A fun choice for storytime. -SLJ School Library Journal

Author Information

April Jones Prince is the author of Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing. She lives in Massachusetts with her family. Visit her website at www.apriljonesprince.com. Giles Laroche also used his paper-relief art technique in his books What's Inside? and If You Lived Here. He lives in Salem, Massachusetts. Visit his website at www.gileslaroche.com.

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