The Two Cars (New York Review Childrens Collection)

The Two Cars (New York Review Childrens Collection)
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In The Two Cars the celebrated husband and wife team of Ingri and Edgar Parin dâ€™Aulaire, famous for their illustrated versions of Norse and Greek myths, offer young children a playful modern twist on the ancient fable of the tortoise and the hare.

Two cars sit side by side in the same garage. One is fast, shiny, and ready to go; the other is a comfortable old jalopy, a little worse for wear but as reliable as can be. On a magic moonlit night, the doors of the garage swing open and they head out for a spin, each determined to prove that he is the â€œbest car on the road.â€ Over hill and dale and roundabout they go, encounteringâ€”and narrowly missingâ€”trains, trucks, wildlife, and even, in the form of a policeman on a motorcycle, the long arm of the law. Before the two carsâ€™ nocturnal caper is over, each will have discovered the being the â€œbestâ€ is not so simple as you might suppose.

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