How to Build a Car: A High-Speed Adventure of Mechanics, Teamwork, and Friendship (Technical Tales)

Author(s): Saskia Lacey

Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds


Learn about car mechanics and teamwork as three unlikely friends work to build a miniature racer.


In How to Build a Car, three unlikely friends--Eli, a mouse; Phoebe, a sparrow; and Hank, a frog--decide to build a small motorcar together. The story follows the friendly trio as they learn all about how a car works and how it is constructed. Detailed illustrations show the inner workings of the car, teaching children the basics of how each part works together to get the car moving. Through hard work and perseverance, Eli, Phoebe, and Hank learn about both car mechanics and teamwork as they build a miniature racer. With the help of this sweet story, children will learn the different parts and functions of a car.


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Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781633220409
  • : Quarto Publishing Group USA
  • : Walter Foster Jr
  • : 0.449056
  • : 01 September 2015
  • : 225mm X 225mm
  • : United States
  • : 01 September 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Saskia Lacey
  • : illustrations
  • : 64
  • : 629.222
  • : English
  • : Martin Sodomka
  • : Martin Sodomka
  • : Hardback