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Lowriders in Space by [Cathy Camper, Raul The Third]

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Cathy Camper

Raul the Third

Lowriders in Space Kindle Edition

by Cathy Camper (Author), Raul The Third (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 3: Lowriders

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Lupe Impala, El Chavo Flapjack, and Elirio Malaria love working with cars. You name it, they can fix it. But the team's favorite cars of all are lowriders—cars that hip and hop, dip and drop, go low and slow, bajito y suavecito. The stars align when a contest for the best car around offers a prize of a trunkful of cash—just what the team needs to open their own shop! ¡Ay chihuahua! What will it take to transform a junker into the best car in the universe? Striking, unparalleled art from debut illustrator Raul the Third recalls ballpoint-pen-and-Sharpie desk-drawn doodles, while the story is sketched with Spanish, inked with science facts, and colored with true friendship. With a glossary at the back to provide definitions for Spanish and science terms, this delightful book will educate and entertain in equal measure.

Reading age

8 - 12 years
Print length

112 pages
Language

English
Grade level

3 - 7
Lexile measure

GN430L
Publisher

Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date

November 4, 2014
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ISBN-13

978-1452128696
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Lowriders in Space
Cathy Camper

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2
Lowriders to the Center of the Earth
Cathy Camper

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3
Lowriders Blast from the Past
Cathy Camper

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Cathy Camper
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Cathy Camper
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Raúl the Third
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Cavan Scott
19
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Marko Kloos
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Editorial Reviews

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Gr 4–8—Camper introduces readers to Lupe Impala, Flapjack Octopus, and Elirio Malaria, three friends who love working with cars and dream of having their own garage shop. One day they see an opportunity to achieve their goal—a car competition where the prize is a "carload of cash and a solid gold steering wheel." When they start working on a lowrider to prepare it for the competition, an out-of-this world journey begins. Through anthropomorphic characters, the author narrates a tale of friendship, teamwork, and the passion for lowriding. She incorporates astronomy to this adventure, providing readers the opportunity to familiarize with terms from both worlds. Raúl the Third's colored pencil-and-marker illustrations effectively depict images from the lowriding subculture, while including references from Mexican pop culture, such as the iconic comedian Cantiflas and Chespirito's El Chavo del Ocho. The way he alternates among full-page artwork, spreads, and non-rectangular panels works well with the story and strongly supports its visual understanding. However, although it is true that some Latinos code-switch in their conversation, the use of Spanish words didn't feel organic to the story. There is also inconsistency in the use of accents, and footnotes that point readers to phrases and word meanings are explained as "nonsense words in Spanish," when that's not necessarily the case. Lowriders in Space fills a gap of Latino graphic novels for kids, and its quirky characters and illustrations have the potential to engage children. Let's hope that future installments will have a more accurate and natural use of Spanish. A helpful glossary of astronomy and lowriding terms is appended.—Sujei Lugo, Somerville Public Library, MA --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Review

"Thanks to writer Cathy Camper's passion for science, and Raul inventive drawings, this kid's graphic novel about creatures (Lume Impala, El Chavo Flapjack and Elirio Malaria) who pimp their rides will make adults steal the book from children."--Entertainment Weekly, The Must List

"Brings together Hispanic lowrider culture with astronomy and aeronautics for one wild ride."--Publishers Weekly

"A fun and educational (don't tell the kids!) text for young readers."--Sense and Sensibility and Storeies

"Celebrates the artistry and inventiveness that goes into modifying and customizing cars . in space!"--Geek Dad

"Intricate ballpoint pen illustrations by Raul the Third could be pored over for hours."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A rollicking ride that's totally cosmic and caliente. In other words, this lowrider delivers!"--Good Reads with Ronna

"Incredibly fun ."--The Planetary Society

"Check out these names: Lupe Impala. Flapjack Octopus. Elirio Malaria. Now imagine how awesome a story about characters with these names ought to be. Then double it. That's pretty much how awesome this graphic novel is."-- Gene Luen Yang, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

"A fanciful story wonderfully illustrated by Raúl the Third."--The New York Times

"This book was created to celebrate the creativity and ingenuity of the lowrider culture."--Library Media Connection --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KGNMT0K
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chronicle Books LLC; Illustrated edition (November 4, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 4, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 72330 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

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- #342 in Children's Cars & Trucks Books (Kindle Store)
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Cathy Camper
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Cathy Camper is the author of Lowriders in Space graphic novel series, with a new volume Lowriders to the Rescue coming in spring 2022. Her award winning picture book Ten Ways to Hear Snow celebrates an Arab American girl taking a walk in the snow, and listening, instead of looking. A forthcoming picture book, Arab Arab All Year Long (2022) celebrates Arab American kids and their activities. She is also the creator of Bugs Before Time: Prehistoric Insects and Their Relatives. Her seed art mosaics have been featured in Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People, by Amy Sedaris. Her zines include Sugar Needle and The Lou Reeder, and she's a founding member of the Portland Women of Color Zine Collective. Cathy’s a skilled presenter, and her background as a librarian, zinester, artist and author provides a unique connection to kids, educators, librarians and parents.
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Raul the Third
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Raúl the Third is the Pura Belpre award winning author illustrator of Lowriders to the Center of the Earth from Chronicle Books. He is the author of Vamos! Let's go to the Market and Vamos! Let's go Eat from Versify books and Houghton-Mifflin. Lowriders in Space his first graphic novel by Cathy Camper was nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. He lives on Meford, Ma with his family.
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ASIC Engineer

Interstellar Daydreams Come to Life in Pen and Ink.

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2014

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Like a Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang taking place in the southwest US (or is it northwest Mexico). Upbeat fantastical humor and imagery. The colorful, high-energy drawings keep the fantasy alive and driving forward. There is no surprise at the end, but it doesn't matter, these are like the day dreams of every kid as they tighten the bolts on their bicycle or hammer together two boards in the basement. "What if I could make this thing fly..."

Seems at a level for older elementary school age to read themselves or younger elementary to have read to them. Or, jackpot, if your middle or high school-er to reads it to the younger kids of your posse. The spectacular drawing will keep even the youngest paying attention even if they don't understand all the words and ideas the first time through.

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K. L.

What a wonderful graphic novel

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2014

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What a wonderful graphic novel! The storyline was very clever and I enjoyed the main characters in the story very much. They worked together well to reach their common goal. The theme of teamwork was good in this novel. I liked all the artwork; it was interesting that it was done with three colors of a bic pen. The use of Spanish words and their meaning throughout the novel gave it a nice flavor for the setting & background. I like how the novel took flight and went to outerspace. What a nice touch :-)

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Joanthan Dean

Don't Miss this Powerful and Appealing Story

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2018

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Wonderful book. Great illustrations, great characters, great story. The lead character is a female who is an expert mechanic--encouraging for young girls to read about. I will buy more as gifts.

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Ifumusno

Great buy

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2021

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Exactly what I ordered

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2019

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My kids loved the art work. Cute idea.

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Jennifer Erin Hughes

A Great Tale that's Beautiful Illustrationed by Raul!

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2016

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Such a fun story and beautifully illustrated! I especially love that the hero mechanic is a Latina woman. Very cool for Latina girls to see themselves represented in stories like these.

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Dboys75

Recommend

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2016

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It is cool because I like cars and my mom always tells me about Lowriders! It is also educational because it has English and Spanish teaching children other languages.

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Amazon Customer

A must read for kids and a must collect for graphic novel aficionados, its going in my collection!

Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2014

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What a great story...very refreshing. The illustrator is definitely talented. The art has great flow and the characters are so cute! My nephew is going to really enjoy this book.

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Polish werewolf in Athlone

Students bored to tears

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2018

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When I was ten or eleven my lessons seemed to drag forever...
The book seems to be written by a bored student. Crazy ideas only a young brain could fathom plus ballpens used as drawing tools. I just keep re-reading.
If I were four times younger, I would ask Lupe out.

Lucas Vasconcellos

Supercool!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2018

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Supercool! For kids tho, but fun reading. Great artwork, super creative!

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NatG

This is an amazing graphic novel

Reviewed in Canada on July 30, 2017

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