The little grey car who lived at the Sunshine Garage could never settle down to sleep at night. He flashed his lights, sounded his horn, rolled to and fro, and chattered all the time. In fact, he talked and fidgeted so much that he kept everyone else awake, which was very tiresome as the blue school bus, the mammoth lorry, and all the other vans and cars worked hard all day and needed their sleep. Then the garage owner had an excellent idea. The little grey car was painted a bright glossy yellow, given new number plates and a lighted sign on his roof, and transformed into an all-night taxi. Now he could dash happily through the dark streets at night, and doze peacefully in the garage while the others were out working. In these beguiling stories of the little yellow taxi and his friends, Ruth Ainsworth blends the reassuring details of everyday life and the magic of a world where cars speak and sing and go joyriding by themselves.

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1987 by James Clarke & Co Ltd .

Ruth Ainsworth cannot remember a time when she wasn't writing. She filled many exercise books with stories when she was a child, and it became a life-long habit. She was in her teens when her first book was published. When she lived in a remote village by the sea with her three little sons, she told them endless stories during their walks, and they told her stories too. "Children find magic in the everyday life of play and family," she says. Her sources for her books lie in that belief. Prudence Seward went to Harrow Art School and then to the Royal College of Art in London. She was awarded the Rome Scholarship in engraving; and on returning to England in 1951, became a freelance illustrator. She has also lived and worked in Canada.