Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University | Roy makes a car: Based on a story collected by Zora Neale Hurston

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Keywords

african american, author's note, car, competition, creativity, feelings, folktale, goal setting, god, loneliness, luck, machines, money, multicultural, neighbors, persistence, prejudice, self esteem, storytelling, tools

Title

Roy makes a car: Based on a story collected by Zora Neale Hurston

Description

Roy is known around town as the best mechanic in Florida. Roy makes it his mission to create a car that will be accident proof. No one in the town believes him, but Roy proves them wrong time and time again. Roy's creativity and perseverance leads to the making of the best cars in the area.

Author

Lyons, Mary

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Illustrator

Widener, Terry

ISBN

0-689-84640-1

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

2005

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Bianca Guynn, 2010

Citation

Lyons, Mary, “Roy makes a car: Based on a story collected by Zora Neale Hurston,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 22, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/11248.