The Big Red Bus [Hardcover]

Judy Hindley (Author), William Benedict (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 4, 1995 | Age Level: 3 and up

Percolating rhythms, clever sound effects, and exuberant pictures help evoke a truly catastrophically funny traffic jam as a bus gets stuck in a hole, leading to cumulative hilarity.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreS?The wheels on this bus don't go round and round. Instead, one wheel gets stuck in a pothole?"OH NO!"?and a van, car, motorcycle, steamroller, and little truck all must "STOP!" Finally, a passing tractor saves the day. Everyone then drives away except the little truck and the steamroller; they repair the road. The action is simple, sequential, and quick paced. Benedict's jaunty ink lines, flat gouache colors, and bold sense of design, including a clever fold-out section, create an energetic array of agreeable characters and vehicles all stranded on the side of the road. A sequence with a rabbit pictured on the front and back endpapers adds its own bit of humor and fun. With its large typeface and supplemental cartoon dialogue balloons, this story begs to be read aloud, preferably to a crowd of toddlers who, with minimal prodding, won't be able to resist participating.?Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 2^-4. With a very simple rhyming text and large, bright ink-and-gouache pictures, this story of a roadblock will grab all those small children who love vehicles. The big red bus gets stuck when one wheel is caught in a hole in the road. A van coming behind can't go because of the bus; then a car, a motorcycle, a steamroller--all have to STOP. A double-page spread of all the drivers shouting "Help!" opens out to four pages showing all the vehicles stuck one behind the other in a long line. Finally, a tractor comes from the right and pulls out the bus, the other vehicles drive around the hole, and the steamroller is used to pave it over. Kids will enjoy identifying each part of the cumulative traffic drama. Hazel Rochman

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick (September 4, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564026396
• ISBN-13: 978-1564026392
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,737,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reprint this FAST!, October 18, 1999

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L. Look (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Big Red Bus (Hardcover)

This can't be out of stock! As a children's librarian, I found this to be a wonderful book. Lots of repetition and vehicles, with big clear pictures. What more could you want? Even parents get into the spirit of the book, yelling 'Stop,' and 'Help' in the appropriate places. Hope that this is not a prelude to out-of-print

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book, May 16, 2000

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R. Smith (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Big Red Bus (Hardcover)

My son loves this book, all the different kinds of cars and trucks are fun to look at, and the rythm of the story is great for reading aloud. I hope the paperback edition maintains the foldout "centerfold" of the original.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!!, June 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Big Red Bus (Hardcover)

I work as a Toddler teacher in a daycare with children whose age range from 14mos to 2yrs and this is thier favorite book. I was so glad to see that it was here because I have looked everywhere for since our copy was recently ripped by one of the childern. I can not tell you just how much the children love this book. If I could give more stars I would.