Vroomaloom Zoom

"Vroomaloom Zoom" by John Coy is a fiction book that depicts a little girls imaginative drive with her father in the hopes she falls asleep. I enjoyed this book because of the writing. The author included many nonsense words tomato the book more silly and enjoyable to the audience. I also loved the illustrations in this book. They were colorful, playful and imaginative. It worked with the silliness and creativity of this writing very well. The Big idea of this book was that day dreaming and imagination are important and fun.

A terrific read-aloud for bedtime or storytime, this child won't sleep, but Dad knows the trick: drive through the countryside until the lulling of the road and conversation do the trick. Repetition and onomatapeia make this book fun to share.

Use: Imagination, Creating own car ride, making up sounds
Media: Acrylic
Critique: Carmela is a dynamic character. Her imagination grows as the story goes on and how she makes up many sounds. Her dad helps her imagination grows. Some of the places Carmela and her father go could not happen in real life. A car could not float down the river and then drive back home making this a good example of fantasy.

This short story is about a young girl and her father. The father drives her around so that the sounds of the car in different areas of town can hopefully make her fall asleep. She wants to explore every sound possible and refuses to fall asleep. This is a fun book I would share with young children in grades k-3.

A good read for the younger set learning how to read.

You could use this book for phonemic awareness

This book is a fun story about adventure and curiosity.