Now, almost seven years after the death of Tom Magliozzi at the age of 77, his little brother Ray joined WBUR's Weekend Edition to reflect on the Car Talk era.īelow are highlights from the conversation, which has been lightly edited. Through it all, the Magliozzis offered callers and listeners their advice as auto mechanics and - more remarkably - provided an endless supply of warm-hearted wit, curiosity, goofiness and laughter. Tom Magliozzi, behind, and Ray Magliozzi celebrate 20 years on the radio at the WBUR studios on June 13, 2007. A decade later, the show went national and became an enormous and enduring hit for NPR. On Saturday, The Best of Car Talk will air on WBUR for the final time.Ĭar Talk launched as a local show on WBUR in 1977, with brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi of Cambridge behind the microphones. A School Library Journal review says, 'A delightfully daffy romp with kid appeal galore'.Twitter facebook Email This article is more than 1 year old.Īll road trips eventually come to an end.

A Kirkus Reviews review says, ' Lewin's brush and watercolor illustrations are as loose and lively as ever, barely restrained by the A-to-Z format that juxtaposes a big lowercase letter with each visual vignette'. Her sunny depictions of this barnyard bunch brim with personality and humorous detail'. The animals stop at a good place to have a picnic.Ī Publishers Weekly review says, 'Lewin's loose, thickly outlined watercolors keep readers in playful suspense along the way, dropping visual hints for eagle-eye observers. When Duck rides his wagon, the readers go through the ABCs. It tells the story of a Duck-led summer outing that includes the cows from Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. The book has phrases that start with each letter of the alphabet. A sequel, Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting Adventure, followed in 2006. Published in 2005 by Atheneum Books, it is a sequel to Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and was illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting AdventureĬlick, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabetical Adventure is a children's picture book by Doreen Cronin.

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