Mystery Ride!

My 5 year old is as crazy about Mystery Ride as my 2 year old; it stands out as the one book that seems to speak to them equally. After we got it my kids demanded a reading often more than once a day. It both calmed them, a story about a loving family that end up eating ice cream together, and jazzed them as they memorized the pages and many of the words and would shout them out at the right moments. This truly is one of maybe 3 picture books that I still enjoy after having read it hundreds of times. My kids still pull it out of the shelves many months later. Scott Magoon's drawing style is brilliant, like an adult who kneels down to greet children at their level, deceptively simple seeming but so full of character, silliness, and warmth.

Scott Magoon's MYSTERY RIDE! will reach ages 3-7 with its fun story of a 'mystery ride' in which parents try to trick the kids into having fun. Maybe 'mystery rides' aren't so bad after all, the kids decide...