{"id":141,"date":"2013-12-03T03:46:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T03:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=141"},"modified":"2019-01-07T03:25:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T03:25:04","slug":"if-i-built-a-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"If I Built a Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0822.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-125\" alt=\"IMG_0822\" src=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0822-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0822-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0822-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0822-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Jack, from the backseat, said to his dad,<br \/>\nThis car is OK.\u00a0 This car is not bad.<br \/>\nBut it&#8217;s just a car.\u00a0 Nothing great.\u00a0 Nothing grand.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s nothing at <strong>all <\/strong>like the car <strong>I <\/strong>have planned.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This may be the perfect picture book.\u00a0 The rhymes, cadence, and illustrations are irresistible (not for nothing did this book win the <a href=\"http:\/\/theabfc.wordpress.com\/the-eb-white-read-aloud-awards\/past-eb-white-award-winners\/#2006\">E.B. White Read Aloud Award<\/a>).\u00a0 Also, we all really, REALLY want Jack&#8217;s car.\u00a0 (An instant snack bar?\u00a0 A pool?\u00a0 An impeccable safety record?\u00a0 A built-in robot chauffeur?\u00a0 The ability to sail, submerge, and fly?\u00a0 SIGN US UP.)\u00a0 This is the first book my oldest learned by heart; it is simply addictive.<\/p>\n<p>Author:\u00a0 Chris Van Dusen<br \/>\nIllustrator:\u00a0 Chris Van Dusen<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=insofadog-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=0142408255&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=FFFFFF&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;npa=1&amp;f=ifr\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack, from the backseat, said to his dad, This car is OK.\u00a0 This car is not bad. But it&#8217;s just a car.\u00a0 Nothing great.\u00a0 Nothing grand. It&#8217;s nothing at all like the car I have planned. This may be the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/?p=141\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[119,67,71,66,10,698,566,578],"class_list":["post-141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-picture-books","tag-animals","tag-chris-van-dusen","tag-e-b-white-read-aloud-award","tag-if-i-built-a-car","tag-machines","tag-mystery-reader-books","tag-science-fiction","tag-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside-of-a-dog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}