My First Car Was Red

By Peter Schössow
Translated from German by Sally-Ann Spencer
Gecko Press 2011
Paperback with flaps $19.99
Hardback $32.99

A small boy is given a pedal car by his grandfather. It’s rusty, but after they clean it up Granddad gives a few driving lessons then it’s time for a test drive, with dummy-sucking little brother in the back seat. It’s a mad helter-skelter ride involving some wasps, slippery grass, some girls building a hut, pigs in mud and other dangers. A brilliant journey depicted in warm textural detail with added road signs. A gem for age four plus.