The Junkmobile
by Lori Lee Sherritt
illustrated by Marjolein Visser
The soapbox derby was a week
away.
We’d waited so long for it
to come our way.
We built our car like they
said we should,
making it out of scrap yard
wood.
(Cue sound effect # 1. See
below for sound effects.)
The soapbox derby is all about
speed,
and a streamlined car is what
you need.
We sanded and oiled and made
it just so,
but when we tried it out,
it refused to go!
(Cue sound effect #1, then
2, then 3)
We didn’t get mad; we kept
our goal in sight.
We thought and thought and
thought all night.
We all agreed it would sure
be nice
to build our next car out
of ice!
(Cue sound effect #1)
We chipped and we chiseled ‘til
we started to freeze.
This slippery car would run
with ease!
When we started out, it moved
fast and fine,
but it melted across the finish
line!
(Cue sound effect #1, then
2, then 3)
We didn’t get mad; we kept
our goal in sight.
We thought and thought and
thought all night.
With tricycle wheels and a
big, old trunk,
we built our next car out
of junk!
(Cue sound effect #1)
We used pots and springs and
a stinky old shoe,
and held it together with
glitter glue.
The big day came we were ready
to race,
we climbed the ramp and took
our place.
(Cue sound effect #1, then
2)
People, they pointed, and
people, they laughed.
Our junkmobile was quite a
craft.
They joked and teased and
refused to cheer,
until the junkmobile shifted
into gear.
(Cue sound effect # 4)
We flew past car number twenty-one,
We squealed and wheeled, having
loads of fun.
The derby’s prize, we won
with pleasure,
proving one kid’s junk could
be another’s treasure!
Sound effects for The
Junkmobile:
1. A
banging, building sound.
2. A
really old, bumpy car sound.
3. The
sound of a car dying.
4. A
zooming, fastmoving sound.
Note: This is an interactive
poem, or can simply be read on its own. The idea
is that kids engage with the story by becoming a
sound machine that is ‘conducted’ by the reader or
another person, thus the sound cues can be revved
up and settled down.
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