Bus-A-Saurus Bop (Hardcover)

~ Diane Z. Shore (Author), David Clark (Illustrator) "Early in the mornin' when the sun is done a-snorin', the boppin' bus-a-saurus comes a-rippin' and a-roarin'..." (more)

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Product Description

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!

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 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (August 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582348502
• ISBN-13: 978-1582348506
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.9 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 (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #211,372 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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 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

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

By	Jeffrey P. Goldberg (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.