The Horn Book Guide

YOUNGER FICTION

Atinuke,

The No. 1 Car Spotter and the Firebird

96 pp. | Kane/Miller | September, 2012 | Paper ISBN 978-1-61067-052-4 $5.99

(2) 1-3 Illustrated by Warwick Johnson Cadwell. In this sequel (The No. 1 Car Spotter), car-spotting champion Oluwalase Babatunde Benson, like his grandfather, is also number one at solving problems. And there are all kinds of problems to be solved in and around his African village, as described in four short and accessible chapters enhanced by energetic, motion-filled black-and-white illustrations. Readers will eagerly await more from this ingenious young hero.

Reviewer: Robin L. Smith | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2012