The Little School Bus

by Margery Cuyler, Bob Kolar (Illustrator)

Overview

From Margery Cuyler and Bob Kolar comes The Little School Bus, a terrific companion to bestselling board book The Little Dump Truck.

Join Driver Bob and his little school bus as they wake early, pick up a diverse group of children, and drop them off at school. Then it's over to the garage to fix a tail light. All in a day's work for this trusty team. The lyrical text, catchy rhyme, and bright pictures make this a perfect choice for preschoolers who are soon to be school bus riders!

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250196453
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	05/22/2018
Series:	Little Vehicles , #2
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD440L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Margery Cuyler is the author of many books for children, including The Little Dump Truck, The Little School Bus, The Little Fire Truck, and That’s Good! That’s Bad!The idea for That’s Good! That’s Bad! was inspired by a conversation with her young son, Thomas, who asked, "Can't bad things change into good things?" The vehicle series was inspired by both her young sons who never tired of playing with cars, trucks, and trains. Margery Cuyler's children have since grown up, so these days much of her inspiration comes from the children she meets on school visits. She and her husband recently moved to Lawrenceville, N.J.

Editorial Reviews

The team behind The Little Dump Truck present this relentlessly cheery offering and an anthropomorphized school bus.” —Booklist

“Cute . . . Will help to complete vehicle lovers' collections.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Preschoolers will love this book.” —School Library Journal on the Little Dump Truck

“The sharp-edged bright blue chassis, lemon-yellow dumper and smiling grill of this hard-working construction vehicle with his cohort of fuel trucks, vans, buses, pickups on heavy stock paper would have made this title a winner in my book. Wait—that's not all! The text can be sung to the nursery favorite, ‘I'm a little teapot!' Try it!” —NickJr.com on the Little Dump Truck

“The titular little dump truck cheerily gives the youngest listeners the lowdown on its duties.” —Kirkus Reviews on the Little Dump Truck

“A fast storytime favorite.” —Booklist on the Little Dump Truck

From the Publisher

2014-05-14
Rhyming verses stretch out the job of a school bus to 12 spreads.Driving down the road, picking up kids and dropping them off, visiting the mechanic, operating the wheelchair platform and going around a bend are a few of the things the yellow vehicle does in the job it so obviously loves, as evidenced by its smiling bumper, cheerful eyes and pink cheeks—all vehicle parts. Each verse starts with "I'm a little school bus," so readers (especially those reading aloud) will be hard-pressed not to try to force the rhymes into the tune for "I'm a Little Teapot." Some work better than others, both at fitting the tune and scanning well. "I'm a little school bus / waiting by the walk. / Boys and girls climb on, / sit and laugh and talk." Kolar's digital illustrations are cartoon-bright, the people are nicely diverse, and there's not a grumpy face to be found. Oddly, the creators choose not to focus on a single day; the illustrations go from skirt- and shorts-clad children to a snow day and back to T-shirts in just three spreads. There's not much on bus safety (save lining up to get on and don't put your hands out the windows), and the pictures never show the inside of the bus.While it's cute and will help to complete vehicle lovers' collections, this package doesn't do much to address school fears or preparedness in the preschool audience it appears to be aimed at. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews