Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs

by Christine Blake, Jill Lopez

Follow the road signs through Colorful Colorado! "Blake and Lopez bring the folklore of Colorado's road signs to life in these enchanting stories that will keep children captivated and their imaginations peaked.. A must have for families planning a road trip through the Western States!" -Donna Nordmark Aviles, Author of Fly Little Bird, Fly! & Beyond The Orphan Train Travel with Falling Rock, Bended Arrow and many others as they have adventures through the beautiful state of Colorado leaving signs for us to follow. The stories will entertain and delight children and adults with the great places, eras, and majestic sites as you travel the roads through mountains and plains of Colorful Colorado.

32 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2008

About the author

Christine Blake holds a Masters Degree in Multi-Cultural Education from National University and a Bachelors in English from the University of San Diego. While at USD, she also studied Theology, Logic, and Philosophy as well as completing her fifth year for Education. With these degrees, she has taught literature and writing in high school and community college for many years. She has also served as Youth Minister, further completing her certificate at the Archdiocese of Denver."

Reviews

[Tweller83 · Rating 2 out of 5]

1/17/21 - I'm not entirely sure what I was expecting or who the audience is (other than people from Colorado) for this book. There are WAY too many words on the page for it to be a picture book, and I think once a child got old enough to actually read it, they wouldn't want to pick up a book that is formatted like this. And I'm not sure, other than the characters are set in Colorado why this is a Colorado book. The signs are universally seen across the US.
My husband is a native of Colorado and he said he had heard at least the first story (that's all that I described for him) while he was growing up and he thought the book would be cute and fun.
I disagree, I thought the stories were forced to capture the sign. Just plain weird. When I said out loud that I didn't know the audience for this book, he suggested a parent on a road trip through Colorado could read the book to a child. I suppose that is valid, I just didn't enjoy it as an adult. Not entirely sure if we are going to keep this one for our grandchild or not...the jury is still out.

7/2024 update: my husband didn't want me to give this one up, so it is still on our shelves.