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Weston, Mark

Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars

32 pp. | Lee | September, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-60060-246-7 $17.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Katie Yamasaki. This picture book biography outlines the life of Japanese automaker Soichiro Honda, born in 1906. Honda repaired vehicles, designed and built motorcycles, and eventually built a car--the Honda Civic. Weston does a good job of explaining some of the mechanical details, focusing almost entirely on Honda's career. Yamasaki's acrylic paintings combine the potentially sterile pictures of machinery with inventive elements. Bib.

Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2009