Bus Stop, Bus Go

by Daniel Kirk

An adventursome bus ride turns even wilder when Tommy brings his pet hamster for show-and-tell and Hammy escapes from his cage and leads Tommy and his friends on a lively hide-and-seek romp through the busload of rowdy kids.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, School, Buses, Storytime

32 pages, Hardcover

First published July 9, 2001

Reviews

[Kristen Dutkiewicz · Rating 3 out of 5]

My young students enjoyed the rhyming and all the silly activities children got into while on the bus.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A school bus filled with children has lots of commotion and a lost hamster. Preschool and up

[Robert Beveridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Daniel Kirk, Bus Stop, Bus Go! (Putnam, 2001)

I wasn't so sure how this one was going to go over at Goat Central—the idea of a book told in so many voices with such chaos seems pretty advanced for the pre-lit crowd—but the Bean thinks it's wonderful and it has rapidly become a must-have at story time. The main plot (yes, this is a thirty-two page illustrated pre-lit book with enough going on to have a main plot and subplots) concerns Tommy, who's taking his mischievous hamster to show-and-tell. The hamster, of course, gets loose, and Tommy and his friend bounce around the bus trying to catch Hammy while a dozen other conversations about things ranging from a new videogame to hair braiding are going on around them (and Joe the bus driver interjects now and again to try and keep the kids in line). Spoiler alert: Hammy, of course, outsmarts the kids. It's a lot of fun, and holds up to the repeated readings pretty well. Worth adding to the permanent collection. *** ½

[Taylor Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like this book, the illustrations were great and the story was very easy to follow. The kids will love it because it is written entirely with speech bubbles and is funny. It is also very repetitive, so it will be great for early readers.

[C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book! The rhyming is fun and the illustrations are super - except that every single person driving a car is on a cell phone! This book was published in 2001 though - prior to it being illegal - hopefully. Fun book for toddlers.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun book. Probably better for a little older than 2 1/2, especially those who have ridden on a bus. Very neat how it rhymes although each line is spoken by a different character.

[Andy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn't actually use this one.

[Page · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite Daniel Kirk book, but still good. Funny for the little ones.