The Race Car Problem (Peg + Cat Series)

by Jennifer Oxley, Billy Aronson

Overview

Peg and Cat, stars of their own Emmy Award–winning animated TV series, zoom into a picture book and put math skills to the test in a lively racing adventure.

Peg and Cat have built an amazing car out of things they found lying around. They’ve named her Hot Buttered Lightning (since she’s built for speed), and they plan to win the Tallapegga Twenty. If they can make it out of the junkyard, that is. It’s a good thing Peg knows the best shape to use to make wheels and how to count laps to see who is ahead. And it’s lucky that Cat reminds Peg to keep calm when she’stotally freaking out! Will Peg and Cat be the first to complete twenty laps and win the Golden Cup? Or will it be one of their quirky competitors? Count on Peg and Cat to rev up young problem-solvers for an exciting race to the finish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763675585
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	09/08/2015
Series:	Peg Plus Cat Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	657,462
Product dimensions:	11.50(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD560L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Peg + Cat is the Emmy Award–winning animated TV series created by Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson and produced by the Fred Rogers Company.

Editorial Reviews

Libraries that collect titles related to children’s television programs will surely want this title in their collections.
—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

2015-06-16
Peg and Cat, problem-solvers extraordinaire, put their shape-recognition and comparing skills to the test in this second book based on the Peg + Cat TV series.On the day of the Tallapegga Twenty car race, Peg and Cat find themselves in the junkyard looking for items for their car, Hot-Buttered Lightning.The competition is fierce: a Pirate Mobile, the Teens in their Pizza Mobile, and the Pig in his Triangle Mobile. Peg and Cat are rather daunted and consider giving up, but Ramone is encouraging: "You never solve a problem by giving up. Keep trying your hardest, no matter what." As the race gets underway, the numbers placed on the cars as they complete each lap give Peg and Cat the opportunity to compare: 6 > 4 > 1, the last being how many laps of the 20 the duo has completed, though for kids old enough to sit through the lengthy text, this seems a rather simplistic math skill to be practicing. Though Peg and Cat's car isn't the fastest, MacGuffins arrive to ensure that slow and steady (and determined and creative) wins the race. Illustrations are bright and cartoony, befitting a TV knockoff. Endpapers offer activities for kids to complete (and give away the ending).Much stronger at depicting problem-solving than at reinforcing math concepts. (Math picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews