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car
race
place

tires

Written by Jan Swanberg
Illustrated by Ron Lipking

Hooked On Phonics

Copyright © 1998 Gateway Learning Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in China. No part of this
publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic,

mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
ISBN 1-887942-40-8

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The cars are all set

to get in the race.

All of them want

to be in first place

Quick! Get the pump!

a CO

Quick! Shut the hatch

Quick! Drop the top!

Quick! Fix the latch!

Now check the tires

with a big kick.

Now check the gas

and make it quick!

BANG! It's the gun.

The race will begin!

The van wants to go!
They all want to win!

The hot rod goes HUM

The big truck is hot.

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The rocket gets set.
The red van cannot

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The hot rod spins.
The big truck sUps

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The red van skids
The rocket zips.

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Oh, no! Look at that!

The track is too sUck!

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The track is too wet!

Do not hit that brick!

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Oh, no! Oh, my my!

The big truck is stuck!

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It's Stuck in the mud!

Oh, no! What bad luck!

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The hot rod is quick.

Tlien a big tire pops!

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The rocket's on track.

But the red van stops

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CLING CLANG! Neck and neck!

The cars all go THUMP!

ZIP ZAP! What a race! 21

The van hits a bump!

BANG! It's a crash!

The rocket goes THUD

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Look out for the ditch!
Look out for the mud!

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The pig drops the flag
The rocket car grins.
The ribbon is his!
The rocket car wins!

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^30l3t THE AUTHOR AND HWSTR^^^^

Jan Swanberg had her first story published
in The Oakland Tribune when she was eight years

old, and she's been writing for children ever
since! In her free time, she enjoys adventure
travel, tennis, and dance. She lives with her
husband and two children, Ben and Leslie, in
northern California.

Ron Lipking has illustrated more than a dozen

books for children, including Old-Fashtoned
Christmas (a pop-up carousel book), Silent Night,
Jingle Bells, and Deck the Halls (all pop-up books

of songs), and Disney Funworks' The Wacky
• Farm series. He has also illustrated for

Spider, Cricket, and Sesame Street magazines.
Mr. Lipking lives in southern California with
his four children, his wife, Cathy, and a horse
named Cinder.

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