Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog (Traction Man) | Mini Grey

Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog (Traction Man) | Mini Grey | Traction Man to the rescue!!

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Traction Man Meets...

	Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog (Traction Man) Mini Grey Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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THAT SQUARE-JAWED CAN-DO action toy, Traction Man, is back in another hilarious adventure. The little boy, Traction Man, and his brave pet, Scrubbing Brush, are inseparable?until the boy?s father throws the ?unhygenic? Scrubbing Brush in the trash and replaces it with a ?real? toy, the battery-operated Turbo Dog. It bleeps, speaks, and squeaks?but is not very smart. So Traction Man, wearing his airtight Astro-suit and armed with a bottle of SuperStrong Germo, enters the trash bin and rescues Scrubbing Brush from the Evil Bin Things (pizza crusts, spaghetti, and potato peels with eyes and mouths that hiss ?Stay with us?). The Battle of the Bin is not to be missed?nor is the ignominious demise of TurboDog! With this satisfying sequel, Mini Grey has scored another smashing victory for imaginative play.

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Traction Man to the Rescue!

Like its predecessor--Traction Man Is Here!--this book is really, really funny partly because of its deadpan "show don't tell" delivery, typified by Traction Man's stoic yet somehow ironic facial expression. The Robin to Traction Man's Batman is his faithful pet Scrubbing Brush, but when Dad decides Scrubbing Brush is too dirty to keep, he doesn't bother telling his son (Traction Man's owner) about his decision.

A fancy new battery-powered gizmo called Turbo dog appears to replace Scrubbing Brush, but he's more hype than help. His bark really IS worse than his bite, in fact. Just where is Scrubbing Brush? wonders Traction Man.

The brilliant blow-by-blow, comic strip-style descriptions of Traction Man and Scrubbing Brush's adventures are followed by the parallel, yet less successful, adventures of Traction Man and Turbodog. Ultimately, this book turns into a quest for the missing Scrubbing Brush (who manages to look like a dog while still being a scrubbing brush--yay, Mimi!).

I can't even begin to list the myriad little in-jokes in this book, but a couple of them are hidden under the bed and between the couch cushions. Traction Man's quest builds up to his climactic exploration of the dreaded Bin and his rescue of Scrubbing Brush. I will not recount Turbodog's fate here...

Suffice it to say that the two Traction Man books are hilarious and appealing, dare I say tour de forces? (Yep, I guess I do dare!) What's more, they remind us that true play doesn't come with an instruction book. If I were in charge of the world, I'd give these books a Caldecott or two. Since I'm not, I'll settle for giving them each a Badge of Cleanness!

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Traction Man to the rescue!!

My five year old son ADORES this book. We have the first book, Traction Man is Here! and couldn't wait for Mini Grey to come out with the follow up. As a parent it is fun to read - just use that comic strip narrator voice and you'll have you kids begging for you to read it again and again.

I really like how the story has the boy skeptical about the fancy new toy, Turbo dog as he sets out on a quest to find his dirty but ever-faithful dog scrubbing brush. The lesson of using your imagination with found objects and not always needing the newest toy that has all the lights, bells, and whistles to provide the creativity and entertainment.

My son has started using found objects around the house to recreate some of the story as well as create his own treacherous world for his "traction man" to do battle with.

Also recommend Ginger Bear which is also great fun and filled with fabulous illustrations.

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