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Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth. **//Jackson & Bud’s Bumpy Ride: America’s First Cross-country Automobile Trip//**//.// Millbrook Press, 2009. Illus. by Wes Hargis. A 1903 trip from San Francisco to New York by automobile, before roads, gas stations, and garages. Picture Book, 32 pp Lexile: AD810L; BL: gr. 1-3 Curiosity; perseverance; recognition of gifts of others. //What special abilities did each of the main characters bring to this project?// Jackson, Horatio Automobile travel Dr. Horatio Jackson (driver); Crocker (mechanic); Bud (dog). [] (companion site to film //Horatio’s Drive: America’s First Road Trip (2003)//) [] [] [] [] [] See also: Hyatt, Patricia Rush. //Coast to Coast with Alice.// Carolroda, 1995; Brown, Don. //Alice’s Grand Adventure.// Houghton Mifflin, 1995. **Reviews:** Glantz, Shelley. //Library Media Connection//, Oct2009, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p88 Chipman, Ian. //Booklist//, 4/15/2009, Vol. 105 Issue 16, p45 Bock, Lee. //School Library Journal//, April2009, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p123 //Kirkus Reviews//, 3/1/2009, Vol. 77 Issue 5, p109 Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #951,163
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