Maxi the Little Taxi
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
He's little! He's cute! But he's getting all dirty! This warm, charming story perfectly captures all the ups and downs of a busy little taxi's first day on the job!It's Maxi the Taxi's first day of work. What fun it is to zip and zoom all around the town!SPLASH go the mud puddles!PLIPPITY-PLOP drips the ice cream and mustard from sticky little fingers!Soon Maxi becomes so grimy and gooey that no one wants to ride with him.Who will help this dirty little taxi discover what he needs most? It's a smart little boy who takes Maxi for a noisy, tickly bath in the car wash!
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A taxi makes a literal splash on his first day on the job in this rhyming road trip, Upton's first picture book. After Maxi heads out from Mr. Buddy's garage, "He zoomed up./ He zoomed down./ He zoomed all around town / Splashing in every/ big puddle he found!" By the time Maxi has picked up some messy, snack-eating fares and had a close encounter with a pigeon, his grimy appearance starts hindering his business. "Soon all the people/ Who needed a taxi/ Took one quick look / And walked right past Maxi," writes Upton in one of the book's unlikeliest sequences (anthropomorphic taxis are one thing, but busy urbanites ignoring available cabs is another). Upton's rhymes are often cloyingly chirpy, and it isn't much of a plot (a visit to the car wash improves Maxi's day), but her liberal use of exclamatory phrases and onomatopoeic words should make for fun readalouds. Cole (Unspoken) helps give Maxi a zippy personality, turning his windshield into a large pair of eyes and his mouth into a grille, while bustling city backdrops further boost the story's kinetic energy. Ages 3 5.
