Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt! is a beautifully illustrated fun adventure for young readers by Rukhsana Khan and Chaaya Prabhat. Released 17th Sept 2024 by Penguin Random House on their Tundra imprint, it's 32 pages and is available in hardcover and ebook formats.
Ibraheem and his cat Mitu go along on a delivery adventure with Ibraheem's dad on his motorized rickshaw. The story is told in simple verse, full of sounds and sights. They're sharing the road with much larger, more powerful vehicles and it's fun to see how everyone manages to get where they're going without mishaps (although there are some near misses).
The prose is simple free verse, and will be enjoyed and understood by the youngest readers (Lexile AD370L, circa preschool-7/8 year olds). The art is *full* of color and sound and there is so much movement in the details and vehicles that it's almost as much fun to study the illustrations as it is to read the story.
It's full of onomatopoeia and it would be great for classroom reading circle (with lots of honk honk and beep beep). It might be slightly too exciting for a bedtime read, but after dinner read would be great. The author has even included some of her observations about driving etiquette in diverse areas of the world which could serve to inspire some classroom discussions on culture and travel.
Five stars. This is a super fun storybook and would be an excellent choice for public, school, or classroom library acquisition, for gift giving, or for home use.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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