Meet the Cars (Disney Pixar Cars) Hardcover – Picture Book, October 18, 2011

This is such an amazing encyclopedia of characters from both the Cars and Cars 2 Disney Pixar movies. My 3 year old is currently obsessed with all things Lightning McQueen. He was constantly asking us the names of obscure movie characters that he would see in the background of a book or in the movie. Each time we'd have to Google one, then we'd forget it by the next week when he'd ask again. Now, with this book, the answers are easily accessible - and he can even look them up himself!! Ever since we gave him this book he's wanted to look through it every night. He knows almost all the names by heart, and where each character is in the book. This has been such a huge huge hit.It says it comes with a poster, which is actually the book cover dust jacket. The front of the dust jacket is like a normal book, and the back is the poster. I've included a picture so you can see exactly what the poster looks like. It's long and skinny and made of thick, glossy paper (similar to a normal poster).The pages inside each have 1 or 2 characters on them. Included is a picture, name, and short bio. There are so many cute stories about some of the characters you've never heard of. There was a lot of clever thinking that went into making this book. The book is arranged by groups - all of the Bad Guys are together, all of the World Grand Prix racers are together, all of the Radiator Springs gang is together, etc. There's also an alphabetical table of contents if you're looking for one specific car.This is an amazing, great quality book. I would buy it 100 times over given how much love it's gotten in our household. We like it so much I bought the Planes version too, and that's been a hit as well. Highly recommend!!!!

We got this book for our 2-year-old. I wasn't sure if he'd be a little too young for it then, but he loved CARS so much that I went ahead and got it. It is a big "encyclopedia" type book of all the cars in the CARS movies. It lists each character by groups and tells some fun facts and story lines about each. So it really isn't a "storybook" for a 2-year-old. But he LOVED it! He loves the pictures and the fact that there are soooo many cars! He would read it with us all the time even at that age. Now he's 5, and he still loves it. Now he can read it himself and loves to go through each of the cars and write their names down. If you're not a child but are a CARS fan, this is a great book to have in your collection!I will say that I was surprised by some of the characters not in the book and some lesser characters that were, but overall it's a fantastic compilation and a lot of fun! (Ours also came with a poster!)

My older son is big into Pixar Cars; he loves the movie, the short clips, the story books, the calendars, and all things with Pixar Cars. Subsequently, we bought him Meet the Cars, and he sure is a happy camper; the illustrations, each car's respective informational text, and the feel/quality of the book are great! The only drawback is that there seems to be a significant number of what I would call "random cars," i.e. racing or non-racing cars that serve as "extras" while Wingo, Boost, DJ, and Snot Rod, who happen to be among my son's favourites are, for some unexplained reason, missing/absent. Thus, the book is to a lesser extent incomplete. Nevertheless, the great quality, great price, and great fun that this book provides make it well worth it. 5 Stars!

Has a lot of the movie characters in it. Paper pages.maybe not good for young child. My grandson got so excited looking for his favorite character that he tore a page.

This is a very comprehensive book of many characters. Each has a back story, mostly not related to what you find out in the movies or on Disney site so can be fun and add to imaginative play if your child takes those facts and uses them as they play with their cars and characters. My husband stole this as soon as it was opened and looked through it for nearly a half hour and grandma loves it so she can remember all of their names correctly.

This is a really good book we read it over and over

every single car is in the book, My son is stuck on this movie. and what better book to buy him then this one. Its nice hardcover book fully colored pages and a brief bio on all the cars . If ur lil one is into the Disney cars, they will love this book, Beware , u might have to start buying all the cars in this book once ur lil one sees them.. hahahha.

Bought this for my grandson for his 3rd birthday. He loves EVERYTHING Cars and this book was a big hit! The backstories of all the characters are really interesting to read. He pretty much hasn’t put it down since he got it a week ago. This was the best price I found for this fun book!