Editorial Review

The Cool Cars series is a perfect pick for young grade readers who love speed, sleek designs, and fascinating facts about the world’s most exciting cars. Each title in the series challenges readers with high interest facts with leveled-text that makes the books both engaging and accessible, especially for reluctant readers.

Each book features the car’s history, features such as horsepower stat, specs, and future innovation. Readers will be hooked right from the start with the Ford Mustang: Dark Horse, a legendary car that is known for its powerful V8 engine. Different variants of the Dark Horse are known for their racing abilities. The sleek car in Lamborghini Countach features its iconic scissors doors and hexagonal wheel arches. Countach cars will have readers understanding the meaning of its name (“my goodness” or “wow” in Italian). The Maserati Grancrabio title will wow readers with the car’s unique features: neck warmers, a wind stopper, and an engine that can read up to 196 miles per hour. Toyota GR Supra reveals some of the future aspirations of the world-renowned Toyota Company such as working on fuels that will hopefully replace gas.

With bold photos, exciting trivia, fantastic infoboxes and kid-friendly text, the Cool Cars series makes nonfiction reading fun and accessible. This series is sure to spark curiosity—and maybe even inspire future car enthusiasts!