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]

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

[Tiny Mendoza]

LOVED THIS BOOK!!!

[Kylie Abecca]

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]

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)]

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]

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?)

[Matthew]

The pictures are great, but there aren't enough of them and there is a lot of text for what you get. My son loves it though. Maybe this would be better in a bigger edition with bigger pictures. As it is, I love the taxi driver with the cigarette in his mouth.

[Grace]

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!

[Deborah]

I've gotta say, if you're gonna grab a taxi late, don't blame the taxi man for the traffic that's going to miss your flight. A quick read, a bit too much repetition, and one really cranky lady.

[Janice]

Very cute book old book.