What is large (or small), bright yellow, and filled with students? School Bus!
Climb aboard and let Donald Crews take you to school -- and home again.
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A bright yellow school bus is evocative of exuberant kids, gleefully launched spitwads, kind bus drivers, and of course school itself. In Donald Crews's School Bus--written "for the buses, the riders, and the watchers"--preschoolers caught up in the whole school-bus mystique can follow the path of a school bus on its daily travels--minus the aforementioned shenanigans. Crews sticks with the basics, including only a few words per page, such as "Full buses head for school" and "Here we are." Adults reading aloud to children will be able to fill in the blanks and let kids make up their own stories within the framework of this book. Crews, creator of the Caldecott Honor book Freight Train, Parade, and the sturdy, board-book edition of Truck has proven himself to be an expert at conveying basic concepts to youngsters, and this book is no exception! (Baby to Preschool) --Karin Snelson
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
About the Author
Donald Crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated children's books, including the Caldecott Honor Books Freight Train and Truck. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in New York's Hudson River Valley.
Donald Crews es el renombrado autor de dos libros merecedores del premio Caldecott, Tren de carga (Freight Train) y School Bus. Vive con su esposa, Ann Jonas, cerca del Río Hudson, en Nueva York.
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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Okay, there's always one in the bunch that runs contrary, and I guess, in this case, it's us .
My just turned 3 year-old son and 5 year-old daughter could care less about this book. It was on my entering-kindergarteners Summer Reading List and I suppose they thought that kids would be fascinated by the concept of riding a bus to school... but mine weren't. Probably because there was no plot and little of interest other than the nice pictures of yellow buses.
Text follows, which may or may not help you decide if this book is a good choice for your home shelves:
"Yellow school buses
large and small.
Empty yellow buses cross the town.
Stop.
Go.
Going this way. Going that way.
Here it comes.
See you later.
Full Buses head for school.
Here we are.
Right on time.
Empty buses wait.
School's over.
Full buses cross the town.
Home again.
Home again."
Two Stars. Unrelenting parade of the standard yellow school bus. Nice art, but no story.
My just turned 3 year-old son and 5 year-old daughter could care less about this book. It was on my entering-kindergarteners Summer Reading List and I suppose they thought that kids would be fascinated by the concept of riding a bus to school... but mine weren't. Probably because there was no plot and little of interest other than the nice pictures of yellow buses.
Text follows, which may or may not help you decide if this book is a good choice for your home shelves:
"Yellow school buses
large and small.
Empty yellow buses cross the town.
Stop.
Go.
Going this way. Going that way.
Here it comes.
See you later.
Full Buses head for school.
Here we are.
Right on time.
Empty buses wait.
School's over.
Full buses cross the town.
Home again.
Home again."
Two Stars. Unrelenting parade of the standard yellow school bus. Nice art, but no story.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Jim Carson
Format:Paperback
School buses are very bright, distinctive, and sometimes mysterious things to a toddler. In the story, we see what "a day in the life of a bus" is like. Buses have homes. People have homes. Buses stop. People stop. It's a wondeful analogy that she understands.
Donald Crews' books are favorites around the house because of their very colorful pictures and simple text. Also recommended: Freight Train, Parade.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This is a favorite of my preschoolers. The simple text is a great tool for teaching concepts including opposites. We would count the schoolbuses on the first page and discuss other concepts on every page. Children at this age love to read themselves(whether they recognize the words or not)and the simple text in Schoolbus allows them to read the book with ease. For children who ride a bus or may soon ride a bus, it becomes a personal story about their experience. I am purchasing it for my one year old along with several of Crews other books.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for my school bus lover
My 5 year old gets so excited when he sees a bus. Now we can read about them EVERY night. Oh joy. The book is simple, the pictures are nice, but a little old fashioned looking.
Published 23 days ago by S. Quantum
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is such a winner!
Donald Crews' books are wonderful for our toddler grandaughter and this is one of his best! His and his wife Ann Jonas' books are such a fine addition to our home library!
Published 1 month ago by M. Byrd
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of Buses
This book has lots of pictures of buses. It's great for children that like buses. My grandson loved it and wanted me to keep reading it to him. He is 2 and slept with the book.
Published 1 month ago by Sandy Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars
The kid loves buses...
I have to admit, these simple board books are driving me crazy... our son wants us to read them to him over and over and over again - and this one is one of his favorites. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mark the Traveler
3.0 out of 5 stars
Whose opinion matters?
I'm somewhat torn as to how to rate this book. There aren't many books about buses out there for the toddler set. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Tesla Aldrich
4.0 out of 5 stars
My 3 year old loves School Buses
My 3 year old son loves School buses and this book is absolutely one of his favorites. He likes to count the school buses in the book.
Published 4 months ago by CKE
5.0 out of 5 stars
LOVED by my 20-month old
I have a 20 month old son who absolutely loves vehicles (as many do), and this book is one of his very favorites. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Heidi Aandahl
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for toddlers!
I bought this book because my 2 1/2 year old son loves it when a school bus drives by the house. This book is perfect for him! Read more
Published 14 months ago by Michael
5.0 out of 5 stars
school bus
I got this for my other Gandson because he liked to play with his cousins when he went to visit. He had a big smile on his face when he saw it and said "my bus" My other Grandson... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Huppler
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unbearably ugly.
This book is awful to look at, which is frustrating since Freight Train is one of the nicest children's books I've ever seen. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jeanne-Erin
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