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Maybelle the Cable Car (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Virginia Lee Burton Play Audiobook Sample

Maybelle the Cable Car Audiobook (Unabridged)

By: Virginia Lee Burton
Maybelle the Cable Car (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Virginia Lee Burton Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Peter Kovner Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 0.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 0.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2009 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
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Maybelle was a cable car . . . a San Francisco cable car. Cling clang . . . Clingety clang, up and down and around she went. That is, until the City Fathers said the cable cars were too old fashioned and must be replaced with big modern buses. No! said the people of San Francisco. So they rallied in defense of their beloved cable cars - the only ones left in the whole wide world. The audio production includes lively sound effects and original music.

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"I grew up listening to this exact audio recording of this book. In 2003 we went to San Fransisco to see the cable cars because of this book! I was just a little toddler but I remember the story so well! I think we still have it on cassette tape somewhere! Definitely a great story about preserving the past and how modernization isn’t always the right choice! "

— Lauren (5 out of 5 stars)

Maybelle the Cable Car (Unabridged) Listener Reviews

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  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " What a GREAT look at the San Fransisco cable cars. We LOVED this book! "

    — Teri, 2/24/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " 47 months - a fairly wordy book recounting how the San Francisco trolleys were saved. Probably not an everyday read but we enjoyed it from the library. "

    — Heather, 8/6/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Beautiful story about historical cable cars and an effort to save them. "

    — Anya, 2/11/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Just okay...definitely not as great as some of her other books. My son is a HUGE fan of Mike Mulligan and Choo Choo so we have been checking all her other books out of the library each week. This one is cute, just not as cute. Also, I think my son didn't really get the whole moral of the story. "

    — Page, 7/15/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " i really loved this story as one of tender conservation, but there was a little too much information going on to hold the interest of the kids, even with my voices, noises and faces. "

    — Fatty, 7/11/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " great book that shows SF Cable cars and history of SF. "

    — Soojin, 5/8/2011
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " i really loved this story as one of tender conservation, but there was a little too much information going on to hold the interest of the kids, even with my voices, noises and faces. "

    — Fatty, 1/29/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " What a GREAT look at the San Fransisco cable cars. We LOVED this book! "

    — Teri, 12/22/2010
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " A sweet story of bus versus cable car with great illustrations of the city of San Francisco. Your kids will be cheering for Maybelle as the people of San Francisco fight to keep their cable cars. Based on actual events. "

    — Melaina, 5/26/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Just okay...definitely not as great as some of her other books. My son is a HUGE fan of Mike Mulligan and Choo Choo so we have been checking all her other books out of the library each week. This one is cute, just not as cute. Also, I think my son didn't really get the whole moral of the story. "

    — Page, 9/10/2007