Description:
What adventures do you have when you visit your grandparents?
When I visit mine, we do things I love, like having fun in Grandpa’s garage.
This weekend, Grandpa is teaching me something new. He’s going to show me how to change the oil in his car.
Have you ever done that before? Do you know what tools to use?
I’m excited to find out what it takes to do the oil change.
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This book is at a Flesch-Kincaid grade level of 3.2, making this most appropriate for independent readers aged 7 – 12. With the universal appeal of the content, even parents and teachers will enjoy the story when reading with younger children.
My Review:
My dad was always working on cars. And he made sure that us kids knew how to maintain them as well. So it’s nice to see a series centered on DIY aimed at middle grade children.
Everyday knowledge we took for granted as we grew up are now lost in our modern world. People don’t even know how to change a flat tire. And I like that this story is also aimed at both boys and girls.
If you own a car, you should at least know how to change the oil. So kudos to Northup for tackling this lost art of teaching children what they need to learn to make it on their own.
I highly recommend this series and can’t wat to see what he’ll be teaching next in Grandpa’s Garage. I give it 5 stars.
