A fun book for reading with a young toddler. Lots of fun sounds to say and colorful pictures to look at.

Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt! is a cute multi-cultural story using cars and traffic to share a bit about life in Pakistan. Ibraheem and his cat were invited to go with his father on one of his deliveries. They climb aboard his rickshaw (also called tuk-tuks) and head off. The roads are busy with cars, buses, trucks and rickshaws. Each vehicle makes their own noise to send a message and vehicles manage to share the road without any accidents. There is a common refrain that the kids were able to say with me as the story progressed.
Big and small, short and tall, everyone shares the road.
This was a story that my oldest grandson had a tough time with. He has a lot of anxiety when he is in a vehicle, always worrying about the other drivers (his parents have had an accident and he was in the car once when his dad was hit). We talked a lot about sharing the road, watching out for the other guy and driving defensively. The younger two enjoyed the noises and the interpretation of them. We even watched a video of a one way, wide road in Lahore, Pakistan and they were amazed at how the traffic flowed. A cute book.

I adored this! Great use of color and pictures, and the repeating sounds were very fun to read and to read aloud! I also loved the sense of place and belonging, with sharing the roads with all types of vehicles.

Everyone loves a book with bright colors and sound words! This lively books shows how drivers communicate many different things with their horn while driving, but that there's room for all to share the road.

I picked up an egally of this picture book after hearing the author, Rukhsana Khan speak at a virtual event. I was so impressed with her knowledge of world cultures and her method of distilling big concepts into a very brief format, the picture book, that I wanted to read the book for myself. It's a beautifully done story of language, traffic and community. I am definitely going to be on the lookout for more of Ms. Khan's work. The illustrations by Chaaya Prabhat are colorful, whimsical and engaging. They are a great compliment to the text. Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt! would make a great read aloud for storytime or bed time.

A fun little adventure as we follow Ibraheem and his cat as they join his father on a trip through the city. Along the way they find that there are so many different vehicles that come in many styles and sizes. Each one has their own special sound. They notice that there are not any traffic signals but everyone travels safely using their special language.
An outstanding story that is fun and interactive for your little ones. We loved making the sounds of each new vehicle and even of the cat, Meow Meow. I love the illustrations. They are so colorful and vibrant. I love how it shows each vehicle like its own personality. Your family will love this book. Enjoy the adventure together.
We received this as an ebook ARC and can’t wait to add it to our home collection.

Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt! by Rukhsana Khan is the perfect book for your vehicle loving child… be ready - they’ll want it read on repeat!
The illustrations are vibrant and will lend itself to lots of discussion about the goings on in this busy city where communication is the key to safely managing the busy streets.

As an educator, I can envision Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt! read aloud in a classroom or daycare center as part of a transportation unit with the children echo reading along with the adult.

Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada, Tundra Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book and provide you with my honest opinion.

This is a fun book about different vehicles that occupy our many roads and how traffic flows better when we all share the road nicely and work together to make our roads safe.

Told from the perspective of a child [with his adventurous cat] who is on an adventure with their beloved Baba in his colorful rickshaw, this is a really fun but also important book that is filled with gorgeous, colorful illustrations [that are filled with so many details that a second, or third, or fourth ;-) read will absolutely be necessary] and important lessons in sharing and how important that is in everything we do, even driving on the road. The note from the author at the end just adds to the whole story and is a really lovely addition.

This was a truly fun read that littles and their adults will love to visit again and again!

Very well done!

Thank you to NetGalley, Rukhsana Khan, Chaaya Prabht - Illustrator, and Penguin Random House Canada/Tundra Books for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt! is a pleasing book to read, not only to children but to an adult like me. If I enjoy it, I'm pretty sure children will enjoy it too.

This book is so colorful, dominated with contrast color that can energized the readers while reading it. The plot is simple but quite deep, we need and should understand each other. We also need to compromise with other people wherever we are, in this case on the road. Through understanding and compromise we can live in peace together. At least, it's how interpret the book. And through this interpretation, I feel this book is warm enough.

Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt! can be the book you read to entertain yourself, especially when you need something warm. And, it can expand your perspective because on the author note, Rukhsana Khan also give a little bit information about cultural condition on the Pakistan road. One that interest me is... how different people outside anycountry see it than the natives. When we think the mess road without traffic light or noisy horns is messy, the writer say it's not. People have their own way to communicate and overcome the situation on their way.

Honk Honk, Beep Beep, Putter Putt! is an incredibly colorful, interactive read that follows a little boy and his cat on a ride through a busy city with his Baba. Their ride is full of adventure as they try to merge on to busy streets, are passed by bigger cars and traverse big hills. The illustrations are beautiful and the dialogue is full of transportation sounds, which make it a really fun read aloud!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advance copy of this book provided by the publisher, Penguin Random House Canada, via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Colorful, beautiful illustrations will invite children in. Everyone knows how much kids like various modes of transportation, and it's refreshing to see a picture book focused on transportation in another country. I cannot wait to introduce this book at storytime!

Ibraheem joins his father on a rickshaw delivery through the busy city streets and learns what it means to drive with your eyes and ears. Filled with vivid illustrations and lyrical text, this story provides a fun opportunity to teach about onomatopoeia and prepositional phrases.

Might reassure adult drivers as well as children!

Driving in other countries is something that scares me, this is the first written piece I've seen that made me feel it might not be as bad as I expect! A young man heads off with an adult driver through a busy Indian city in his rickshaw, showing us what all the beeping is about.

And showing us that though a place might be busy, this doesn't have to mean that people are rude, that it is chaos, that nobody has respect for anyone else.

Lots of repetition and reassurance, some situations that show good driving techniques (like using a mirror, letting people out, signalling, communicating with other drivers, being aware of other road users) and lots of pictures showing the Indian roads and culture.

Nice little picture book for various ages, 3-8 possibly.

With thanks to Netgalley for providing a sample reading copy.

I received a copy of this eBook from netGalley for a honest review.

What a great picture book on how we use our ears as while as eyes when driving. Kids will have a great time making the sounds of all the road users-including a toad! So many sounds, all slightly different, get us all from one point to the other.

A young boy goes with his dad on a delivery. Traffic is thick and the vehicles communicate with each other through honks.

There is a general sense of ease, even through the busyness of traffic on these pages. People are smiling and the dad is communicating his motto to his son about allowing space for everyone on the road.

The beautiful illustrations and cheery tone of this book are a wonderful contrast to the general discourse often shared around traffic, especially in countries outside of the US.

The author’s note in the back is a must read. It gives some context and the background of the author, which will enrich the reading experience for older kids and adults.

This is the perfect book for any child who likes vehicles. The book focuses on a rickshaw, but there are lots of different vehicles featured.

I love the colours used in the illustrations, they were all so vivid and lively. The pictures really are the highlight in this book for me.

This is a beautifully illustrated book with a lot of repetitive words and sounds that would be perfect for any library story time. This would make an excellent addition to a transportation-themed story time or one focused on sharing. I have already put this on my to order list so I can add it to my collection later this year.

So many things to LOVE about this book!
Perfect read aloud for toddlers to KN.
Ties into social science concept about transportation.
Gorgeous illustrations
Repetitive language that invites kids to join in and read along.
Definitely recommend adding this book to school libraries and classrooms for grades Preschool to KN.

Thank you NetGalley and Tundra Press.

This was charming and sweet, with a message about how traffic and road rules can vary vastly, depending on where you live. It was fun and well illustrated, but not a plot heavy picture book. Ultimately, this was just fine - good for reading aloud, but not my favourite.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. It's a great book about what a little boy and his cat see as they putt-putt through their city in a rickshaw. A great way for kids to see that things are different for other people and where they live.