Start your engines! Time to race Round the corners, take your place. This wonderful rhythmic text will tickle the funny bones of little readers all around the racetrack. The bright Richard-Scarry-esque art adds a multilayered story as twelve animals zoom round an obstacle course in their mini vehicles. Follow each animal's setbacks and triumphs on the course as Giraffe gets stuck outside a tunnel and Seal enjoys a bath during the pit stop.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Kristy Dempsey is the author of Me with You. She lives in Brazil. Henry Cole is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of numerous picture books for children, including Chicken Butt! This is Kristy Dempsey's first book to be published in the UK. She is American and lives in Brazil. Bridget Strevens-Marzo is British and lives in France. She is the creator of The Big Book of Shapes published by Tate Publishing, as well as many other books. This is her first book for Bloomsbury.