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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on June 1, 2017
Francie and her pregnant mom are driving home from Grandma's in a bucketing rain--perilously, it feels. When their little red car is forced off the highway by a huge truck, they (safely) pull off into a roadside picnic area. There the two share a snack and conversation: what will the new baby's name be? When will Daddy, "working far out to sea," be home? Graham merges this intimate, contained, fogged-up-windows story with a much larger one, expanding his reach to include several animals in the underbrush along the highway; a miserable, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
Francie and her pregnant mom are driving home from Grandma's in a bucketing rain--perilously, it feels. When their little red car is forced off the highway by a huge truck, they (safely) pull off into a roadside picnic area. There the two share a snack and conversation: what will the new baby's name be? When will Daddy, "working far out to sea," be home? Graham merges this intimate, contained, fogged-up-windows story with a much larger one, expanding his reach to include several animals in the underbrush along the highway; a miserable, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
