The Wildest Race in Town

Everyone else brought a real go-kart. Your character brought crates, an umbrella and a bell \u2014 and the hill does not care what you arrived in.

12 illustrated pages
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Illustrated in comic style

“On the brightest Saturday of summer, the whole town rolled up to Pebblehill for the Great Downhill Dash.”

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At the town’s downhill race, proper go-karts line up beside your character’s collection of crates, an umbrella, and a bell. Then the start sends everything rolling, including the unlikely contraption. The hill supplies plenty of speed and absolutely no advice about steering. As the racers head downhill, keeping the crates on course becomes urgent, and that umbrella starts to look worth trying.

For you if an afternoon slump needs rattling wheels and ridiculous speed.

What is inside this book?

The twelve pages move from mismatched vehicles at the starting line into a downhill race with an urgent steering problem. You read one or two short sentences per page. Bright illustrations with bold outlines contrast the proper go-karts with the crates, umbrella, and bell, keeping the unlikely construction visible as the hill supplies speed.

Who is this one for?

Pick this if you enjoy homemade contraptions, physical comedy, and plans tested at speed. Someone you know who likes an unlikely entry taking its place beside proper equipment may enjoy the starting line alone. It fits an afternoon slump when you want rattling movement and an absurd race to follow.

The Wildest Race in Town is a personalized illustrated storybook of twelve pages about racing downhill with crates, an umbrella, and a bell.

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How is this one different from the others?

All four books are the same price, the same twelve illustrated pages, read online and downloaded as a PDF. What differs is the situation, the feeling, and the style it is drawn in.

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