Bus Stop

by Angela H Dale (Author) Lala Watkins (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

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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Simple, snowy fun with a vocabulary-building boost.

Publishers Weekly

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. (Oct.)

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Review quotes

"Together, the text and illustrations create an energetic and idealized urban landscape that readers would love to visit. . .Simple, snowy fun with a vocabulary-building boost. —Kirkus Reviews
Angela H Dale
Angela H. Dale lives in Maryland, where she writes poetry and prose and hopes for snow days. This is her debut picture book. Illustrator Lala Watkins graduated with a BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design. She lives in sunny Florida.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781951836474
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Publication date
October 04, 2022
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV009010 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Alphabet
JUV032080 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Winter Sports
JUV074000 - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Snow
School children
Bus stops

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