Start preparing for those summer road trips now. And don't forget to include some literacy games for the backseat. Check out these books and audiotapes.

Books:

"Travel Time! My First Backseat Book" (ages 3 to 5); Rand McNally & Company, 1997

"Alphabet Travels" (age 2 and up); Rand McNally & Company, 1997

Audiotapes:

"Madeline" by Ludwig Bemelmans. Picture book and cassette (Puffin)

"The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams, read by Meryl Streep (Rabbit Ears/S&S;)

Scholastic Parent and Child Magazine

Pub Date: 5/12/99