Road Trip with Max and His Mom

Reviewed by: Phyllis Fuchs - Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 6, 2018

Review

Full of adventures for newly independent chapter book readers to enjoy, this book is a sequel to Weekends with Max and His Dad with a third book about Max to follow in 2019. Having chosen his hero Ernest Shackleton for his biography report, third grader Max decides to become an awesome explorer too. Max begins to imitate his hero's feats at the start of his weekend road trip with his mom who drives them to a birthday party and family reunion. Amusing pen and ink drawings are well placed and succeed in adding much to the text. While his parents are divorced, Max has a close and tender relationship with each of them, making the story both entertaining as well as reassuring to its readers and listeners. Recommended, CBRespecially to boys of about seven through nine years old and for reading aloud which may prompt useful discussion.

Overall Book Score: very good