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Lyons, Mary E.
Roy Makes a Car /
Mary E. Lyons ; based on a story collected by Zora Neale Hurston ; illustrated by Terry Widener.
1st ed.
New York :
Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
2005.
[32] p. :
col. ill. ;
29 cm.
Adapted from a story in Go Gator and Muddy the Water: Writings by Zora Neale Hurston from the Federal Writers Project by Pamela Bordelon (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1999.)
Includes bibliographical references.
Booklist, February 2005.
Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), February 2005.
Horn Book, March 2005.
Kirkus Review Starred, December 2004.
School Library Journal, February 2005.
Florida mechanic Roy Tyle lives up to his slogan, "If Roy can't build it, nobody can, " by building a series of increasingly fantastic automobiles. Based on a tall-tale collected by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston.
3.5.
K-3.
20101115.
Folklore
United States.
African Americans
Folklore.
Tall tales.
Automobiles
Folklore.
Hurston, Zora Neale.
Widener, Terry.