Roy Makes a Car - A modernistic Tall Tall

Roy Makes a Car

by Mary E. Lyons (Author), Terry Widener (Illustrator)



Tall tales are outlandish, overblown, and wild. 

Well, the brilliantly written first page is about as quintessentially american tall tale as it can get! 

"He can grease an axle faster than you can say 'carburetor,' and he can clean spark plugs just by looking at them hard." 

HA!

For fans of the outlandish style of tall tales, this is a winner with its modern twist. Some people, if they are very dogmatically religious, may take umbrage with the idea that Roy sold God a car, that God pays for with money, and that *then* God made cars just like Roy, but come on, its a tall tale. Reading this with a child will give you one set of joy, reading it alone will give you a different joy. The pictures and text have depth that enriches the surface humor.

Its so wonderous, that when i finished reading it, I jumped out my bed and took a bite out of that old cheddar cheese moon for a midnight snack before reading it again!

- Miss Kelly