The Spooky Sound (Disney/Pixar Cars)

by Melissa Lagonegro, Ron Cohee (Illustrator)

After Mater and Lightning McQueen hear a mysterious sound one night, they decide to investigate. But when they can't figure out where it's coming from, Radiator Springs suddenly becomes very spooky!

Disney•Pixar's Cars fans will love this all-new Step 2 reader featuring all of their favorite characters.

Genres: Childrens, Halloween, Picture Books, Cars, 1st Grade, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 2010

Reviews

[Mya]

3.5 is its real rating. I love the plot and illustrations of this book. However, it was missing that wow factor.

[Bonnie]

My child is so obsessed with this book, I've read it once today already. He requires us to read it to him at least once a day...I picked it up at the library to kind of get ready for Halloween-themed things, but now that he loves it so much, we keep having to check it out of the library over and over. I think we're gonna need to buy this one...

[Holly Letson]

LOL! Sherriff's snoring really scared McQueen and Mater!

[Sandy]

The Spooky Sound is one of our Level-2 readers. This one was given to us and not one that I bought. Lightning McQueen and Mater like telling scary stories. But they aren't scared. Yet they are. They see a variety of spooky shadows and shapes on their way home. But then each of these scary things is revealed to be something not scary at all. I liked the play on how often the things we get worked up and scared about, especially as a kid, all have unscary truths behind them. However, sometimes just telling scary stories can get us scared over nothing. The yo-yo of not scared, scared, not scared, scared was actually funny for my level-2 reader.

My son read this book with a little less reluctance than some other books. I don't think there were any words he struggled with. He wanted to see what each of the spooky things Lightning and Mater were afraid of actually were. The Spooky Sound gets 4 Stars. Have you or your child read The Spooky Sound? What did you think? Let me know!

[Nicole Bolin]

Pretty fun. I always love these little Disney readers

[Kristina]

My 3 kids and I enjoyed reading this book. My younger kids love Cars so this was a hit in my house. This is a good book for beginner readers as well. I would recommend this book to others.

[Huratio]

My favorite part was when Mater and Lightning keep getting scared from the spooky sound.

[Lauren]

This was really cute!! A journey through Mater & Lightning McQueen creeping themselves out. I mean, we’ve all been there! Just spooky enough fog little kids, while giving them a sense of “me too.”

[KaitandMaddie]

Maddie enjoyed the idea of a sleep-driving car.

[Lynnette]

This would probably be a decent early read er.. It's an okay read aloud. Pictures might be a bit scary, but the message is that most scary things are explainable.

[Rosa Cline]

This was a neat book to show children the difference between what shadows and being scared of monsters are. Mater and Lightening hear a sound and they go to investigate and while they go to find it they see things that they think are monsters, but in each case are just shadows of things. (Such as tires piled up, or Sarge being worked on etc)

[C. John Kerry]

This was a cute little book. While out one night Lightning McQueen and Mater hear peculiar noises or see scary shapes that are particularly unnerving for Mater. McQueen investigates each of them and always there is a rational explanation, at least until the end. If your child is familiar with the Cars series of movies they will recognize the characters. Still, even if they aren’t they will still likely enjoy this book for the story presented. In short, this is a nice addition to any child’s bookshelf.

[Kristin]

Although I'm not a Disney fan, I am a Pixar fan. The kids love the cars, and my 3 year old was introduced to a car movie last week. So, the book score is based on more of a 'fad' than actual content. As a parent, the pictures have vivid colors, but sometimes the words are too dark for reading and may be difficult for little ones.

[Carrie]

Cars books are always enjoyed by my kids!

[Powers Family]

Great stories for a Cars fanatic like Nicholas. Mater and Lightning are scared in this one but they always find out there isn't anything to be scared of.

[Truman Green]

Very simple, but fun read for little boys who love Lighning Mcqueen.