The Taxi That Hurried

by Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Irma Simonton Black, Jessie Stanton

The Taxi That Hurried is about a speedy taxi and its driver, Bill, who rush to get a mother and child to the train station.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Transport

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1946

About the author

Attending Radcliffe against the wishes of her father, Mitchell went on to become the first dean of women at the University of California at Berkeley, starting out as advisor to the dean in 1903. She devoted her life to the education of children.

Reviews

[Ashlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't understand the appeal of this book but my boys both loved it.

[Tiny Mendoza · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOVED THIS BOOK!!!

[Kylie Abecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very long winded, parts rhyme well and other parts drag. Even I got bored, so there was no chance in keeping the Kids focused.

[Meg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Truly a different time period. The little details of a trip that would be so different in modern times. A cute story of a vintage past.

[Grada (BoekenTrol) · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful little book that my son and I enjoyed very much.

It stayed with me and 'disappears' into my collection of mini books.

[Siskiyou-Suzy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well, the lady in this book is terrible. She's awfully aggressive toward the taxi driver because of things that are not within his control, and she encourages him to drive very unsafely. At one point her little boy almost flies out the window! And she hits her head on the top of the car!

Anyway, this story doesn't really have much to it, and I think her impatience and demanding nature is kind of lame.

(It took three people to write this story?)

[Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this to my nephew today and since I'm also doing the #cramathon and one of the challenges is to read a children's book, I will count this one!

[Janice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute book old book.