Booklist "Grades 4-7. This title in the Tell Your Parents series uses the latter half of the title (who drives hybrid cars?) as the hook, and the answer (celebrities!) as the bait. While introducing the concepts of carbon footprints, global warming, and green technology, Bearce explains how Cameron Diaz, Al Gore, and Brad Pitt's embracing of new automotive technologies will hopefully spread the good word. She follows this with a quick tour of automotive history that might surprise kids when they read that electric cars were initially far more popular and prevalent than gas-powered ones. The text can be dry at times, repeating certain bits of information while zooming past others (a clearer picture of what differentiates an engine from a motor would have been useful), but the explanation of eco-friendly innovations using electricity, hydrogen, or biodiesels is solid. Plenty of pics of old, new, and futuristic cars enliven the otherwise staid layout. The tell your parents angle arrives in a final chapter that discusses various ways kids can contribute to the greening of transportation, even if they can't yet drive."
--Booklist (October 1, 2009 (Vol. 106, No. 3) School Library Journal "Gr 4-6 This series offers numerous facts and statistics, all of which are cited. Each title starts with an introduction and then provides historical information. For example, Hybrid Cars explains that electric and biofuel vehicles were around in the 1800s, and Wind Power discusses Dutch windmills. Other chapters cover present-day issues and related efforts. The narratives are interspersed with full-color photographs and short Did You Know& trivia boxes. Diagrams showing hydrogen-powered engines, wind turbines, and waste-to-energy power plants will satisfy the most curious researchers. Back matter includes detailed resource lists and Try This! experiments."
--School Library Journal, November 2009