Bus-a-saurus Bop [Hardcover]

Diane Z. Shore (Author), David Clark (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up

The perfect story for a child about to go on the school bus for the first time-a hilarious romp on the bus-a-saurus, a cross between a bus and a dinosaur. In the slightly alternate universe that is the suburban town, things are just a little more zany than reality-or are they? Perfect for the first day, or for any day when the bus ride to school might need a little jazzing up!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Diane Shore lives with her young family in metro Atlanta, Georgia. This is her first book.

Illustrator David Clark is the illustrator of Grumblebunny and is a cartoonist for newspapers such as the Washington Post. He lives in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (August 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582348502
• ISBN-13: 978-1582348506
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 11 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,625 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

After six years, 385 rejections, and too many sloppy copies to count, I finally signed my first book contract. But more than writing, my favorite thing about being an author is meeting the kids who read my books. I love to visit schools and inspire kids to read with my "A-Rockin' and A-Readin'!" school presentation, and to NEVER GIVE UP! Please visit my website for more info.
I like to write picture books, chapter books, early readers, poetry, non-fiction and games/puzzle pages. My work has been published in a variety of magazines including Highlights for Children, Cricket, Spider, Ladybug, Humpty Dumpty, Jack & Jill, Turtle, and various teaching magazines. Look in the March 2006 Highlights (inside back cover) to see my latest game!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Put those school bus fears to bed!, August 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Bus-a-saurus Bop (Hardcover)

This is what read-aloud is all about!
Starting off with a jazzy, snappy rhythm

Early in the mornin'
when the sun is done a snorin'
the boppin bus-a-saurus
comes a-rippin' and a roarin.'

that continues to the very end

. . he burps us out reversed
with the Tardees going first
and the rest of us in spurts
around the town.

This bouncy bus-a-saurus
had my pre-schoolers boppin' to the beat!
And the zany pictures with the kids bouncing
on the tongue are hilarious! We've gotton a lot of mileage out of this bus!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wild and crazy ride, September 14, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Bus-a-saurus Bop (Hardcover)

I really liked this book. The bus took the kids on a wild and crazy ride. I like how it swallows them up and spits them out at school. My mom and I love the picture where the teacher is hanging on for dear life. Cool book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dinosaurs, Big vehicles and "The Bells"., September 1, 2003

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This review is from: Bus-a-saurus Bop (Hardcover)

At a friends house, I just read this (four times) to my soon to be five year old daugther. She wanted more (so now I'm ordering it).

Kids love big vehicles (I think because kids have an innate fascination with big animals) so riding a school bus as being swallowed by a dinosaur (which then coughs them up when they get to school) is just perfect.

What I (and I think my daughter) loved most about this was the verse. The story is told in the first person from a boy riding the bus-o-saurus to school. The meter is that of Edger Allen Poe's "The Bells", one of my favorite poems.