In the Driver's Seat

Max Haynes, Marshall Efron, Alfa B. Olsen. Yearling Books, $5.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41382-0

Planting readers squarely behind the wheel and in the foreground of each picture frame, this ""fast-moving"" book conducts the audience through a high-speed driving lesson that spins wildly out of control; ""an amusing foray,"" said PW. Ages 2-5. (Mar.)

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