Bus Stop: A Picture Book

by Angela H. Dale, Lala Watkins (Illustrator)

Overview

In the spirit of The Snowy Day, author Angela H. Dale and illustrator Lala Watkins’s Bus Stop is a picture book story featuring a group of kids from A to Z who arrive at the bus stop only to discover that the bus is a no-show—snow day!

It’s time for school, and all the neighborhood kids from Antoine to Mahmoud to Zoey, gather one by one in the frosty dawn to wait for the school bus. But something more thrilling arrives first. Snowflakes fall, transforming the bus stop into a winter wonderland—and an official snow day. No school!

“Together, the text and illustrations create an energetic and idealized urban landscape that readers would love to visit . . . Simple, snowy fun with a vocabulary-building boost.”—Kirkus Reviews

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781951836474
Publisher:	Abrams Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	10/04/2022
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Angela H. Dale lives in Maryland, where she writes poetry and prose and hopes for snow days. This is her debut picture book. Illustrator Lala Watkins graduated with a BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design. She lives in sunny Florida.

Editorial Reviews

"Together, the text and illustrations create an energetic and idealized urban landscape that readers would love to visit. . .Simple, snowy fun with a vocabulary-building boost. —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2022-07-27
A school day turns into a surprise.

Early in the morning, as a group of diverse children gather to wait for their school bus, a small scattering of snowflakes begin to fall. The children, who arrive in alphabetical order by name, each have a different morning preoccupation: “Beatrice burrows” (in a book). “Carlos catches” (snowflakes). “Divya drifts” (back to sleep). Although the alliteration doesn’t continue throughout the book, each new child’s activity offers room for educators and caregivers to pause for discussion. “Hannah stomps. Isaiah romps” is an ideal place to ponder the difference between a stomp and a romp. The sentences are brief, but they pack a powerful punch when it comes to vocabulary-building. Many of the children are reproduced in a double-page final spread that allows readers to play a seek-and-find game as the characters romp through a now-snowy scene. Backgrounds have the appearance of a child’s drawing, with buildings that look as though they were scrawled in black marker. Together, the text and illustrations create an energetic and idealized urban landscape that readers would love to visit, especially when the reason why the bus isn’t showing up is revealed: It’s a snow day! Young fans of Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy Day (1962) will find this an enjoyable companion book, and this title will likely see heavy rotation in libraries during the colder months of the year. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Simple, snowy fun with a vocabulary-building boost. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews