Bang-Whirr-Whirr-Crunch. Clip-Clip-Trrrr-Crcrick. Flip-Flap-Plop. What wonderful noises the garbage truck and the tree trimmers and the mail carrier make! But what Jonathan really wants to hear is the telltale Vrrom-Chug-Chug of the big yellow bus that will bring his best playmate, big sister Sarah. home from school. Energized collaborators Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and Nina Crews get right to the heart of a young child's concerns in this sunny, photographic ode to anticipation, patience, and yes -- noise!
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PreS An excellent book about how it feels to be left behind when an older sibling starts school. Jonathan, in his fireman's outfit, waits and waits at Grandmom's for sister Sarah to come home from school. The sharp, full-color photos and very simple text detail the African-American child's day: reading with grandma, riding his truck ("ZOOM ZOOM BARRUMMM!"), looking out the window, and listening hopefully to the sounds of the mail sliding through the letter slot ("FLIP-flap-plop. PLOP") and the garbage truck grinding up the garbage. At last, the school bus arrives ("VRROM-CHUG-CHUG/MMMM-CHUG"), bringing his sister home to play. The book is sure to appeal to the youngest family members, especially to little boys everywhere who love fire engines and their older siblings. Judith Constantinides, East Baton Rouge Parish Main Library, LA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard is the author of several books that celebrate her extended family. The real Lulu is the author's great-aunt. Born in 1870, Lulu was an elementary school teacher for almost fifty years. She also rolled bandages for the Red Cross, worked a swing shift during World War II, learned to create books in Braille, and studied millinery, drafting, ceramics, Spanish, rug-hooking, and leather and metal tooling, and voted faithfully in all local elections. "Was Lulu your grandma?" children often ask the author. "Well, sure," replies Mrs. Howard. "Lulu was everybody's grandma." Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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I love the photographs used to tell this story of a little brother waiting patiently for his sister to return home from school. This is so true to life and what happens in the day of a little one waiting for his sibling to return home.
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