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Taxi, Go!
An upbeat, rhyming read-aloud adventure perfect for any car lover
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Cabs are resting in a line. Wake up, Taxi. Rise and shine! It’s the day in the life of a busy taxi cab! There are plenty of passengers to pick up, and they all need a ride – to a football game, a play, a business...
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Description
Cabs are resting in a line. Wake up, Taxi. Rise and shine!
It’s the day in the life of a busy taxi cab! There are plenty of passengers to pick up, and they all need a ride – to a football game, a play, a business meeting, an airport, and more.
Whizzing left, right, and through the traffic, Taxi takes on the town and navigates everything the road throws at him. Taxi … stop! Now, Taxi … GO!
With energy and exuberance, Patricia Toht and Maria Karipidou create a detail-rich and happy world that vehicle-loving children will adore.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781406385687
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 January 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Maria Karipidou
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 266.0mm
Height: 218.0mm
Weight: 360g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Patricia Toht once owned a children's bookshop called Never Never Land, before turning a love of books into a love of writing. She is the author of Pick a Pine Tree, Pick a Pumpkin and Together With You, all illustrated by Jarvis, All Aboard the London Bus, illustrated by Sam Usher, and has contributed fiction, non-fiction and poetry to numerous children’s magazines. She lives in California, USA. Find her online at patriciatoht.com and on Twitter as @PatriciaToht.
Maria Karipidou studied Communication Design, and has since illustrated a number of children's books, working mostly with French and German publishing houses. In 2015, she received the Leipziger Lesekompass Award at the Leipzig Book Fair. She is the illustrator of Angry Cookie and The Lipstick, both written by Laura Dockrill. She currently lives and works in Karlsruhe, Germany. Find her online at mariakaripidou.de and on Instagram as @marias_illustrations.
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