Bus Stop
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In the spirit of The Snowy Day, a group of kids from A to Z arrive at the bus stop only to discover that the bus is a no-show—snow day!
It’s time for school, and all the neighborhood kids, from Antoine to Mahmoud to Zoey, gather one by one in the frosty dawn to wait for the school bus. But something more thrilling arrives first. Snowflakes fall, transforming the bus stop into a winter wonderland—and an official snow day. No school!
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School day turns to snow day in a picture book that's both appellative abecedarian and ebullient celebration of frosty weather. From Antoine to Zoey, a cast of bundled-up children of varying abilities and skin tones arrive at a bus stop to await transport: "Sleepy street./ Still./ Gray./ Empty bus stop./ School day." Alliterative verbs pair with initial student names; portrayed with pigtail puffs and blue glasses, one brown-skinned child reads on a bench ("Beatrice burrows"), while a brown-skinned youth who uses a wheelchair catches snowflakes nearby ("Carlos catches"). Later name-verb constructs play with rhyme ("Hannah stomps./ Isaiah romps") or simple verb consonance ("Joelle waltzes/ Kartik wonders") as all the while the bus remains absent. Hinting visually at The Snowy Day, Watkins's spare mixed-media illustrations capture the children's evident glee as snowflakes fill the air and smudgy white paints the sidewalks. The playful moments work hand-in-hand with Dale's energetic poetry as the book builds to the expected but no less jubilant explanation for the missing bus. Ages 4–8.
