Go-Go-Go!

by David Goldin

The big day has arrived! Once a year, Maurice's town hosts a huge bicycle race. With his old bike and lucky helmet, Maurice is determined to win this year's gold cup.

Genres: Fiction, Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2000

Reviews

[Elle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Storytime audience can easily participate as the bike race crowd chants “go go go.” However, I would only consider using this with older readers because Stinky is really rude with his comments to Maurice, the protagonist.

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute story on perserverance. It would not be a good storytime read because the pictures are very busy. I had to keep turning back pages to see how and where Maurice had picked up another "rider." (Loved the turtle, of course!) All of the action can be great for a child who is reading the book on their own and has time to look at everything occurring on each page. There was only one thing that was a bit odd for me. I know it was the illustration style, using bits of paper and wrappings and bottle caps and such for more texture. However, it looked really odd to me and once in a while was distracting to me.

[Adrianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another lovely racing book about perseverance. We had fun cheering with the crowd, "Go-go-go!" I could see it used in a storytime. Unfortunately, Stinky is NOT very nice, but that made it a lot of fun creating and doing his voice.

[Jude Gravois]

This book is about a bicycle race and Jude has a definite love of bicycles. It's very kinetic, silly and fun.

[Meghan Hunt · Rating 3 out of 5]

I might use this in a storytime about exercise