With A Little Help from My Friends! Pete the Kitty, Ready, Set, Go Cart! by Kimberly and James Dean

PETE WANTS A GO-KART--THE FASTEST ONE!

Pete tries to line up parts for his go-kart. He finds a box, but when he sits down in it, he can't see over the sides. His friend Bob helps him find a seat that fits in the box. Now he sits just high enough.

"GREAT!" SAYS PETE.

But his kart is missing something important!"

"YOU NEED WHEELS!" SAYS CALLIE.

Callie finds an old wagon and she and Bob helps Pete put its wheels on his kart. Now it rolls, but not very fast!

Callie and Pete find a really high hill and Bob helps them push the go-kart up to the top. Is it ready for a test run?

No! First, Pete has to paint some cool racing designs on his go-kart.

Now it LOOKS fast, but he needs one more bit of help--A BIG PUSH from all his friends!

And down the hill Pete goes, (FAST!) in Kimberly and James Dean's Pete the Kitty: Ready, Set, Go-Cart! (Harper My First I Can Read) (Harper).

It seems that it takes a village, or at least some really good friends, to build a winning go-kart racer in this first beginner reader by that winning pair, James and Kimberly Dean, who get Pete going and over the finish line.

For young readers, this one has the right stuff- an idea, a plan, and lots of cooperation--to get their winning project over that goal.