Bus Ride

Reviewed by: Kathy George - Gray Public library, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 12, 2015

Review

A little girl in a red sweater, with a basket says goodbye to her mother and gets on a bus. The text is sparse. The little girl tells the reader in very brief sentences who gets on the bus, a family of foxes, a very sleepy sloth, a little wolf, and who gets off the bus. There are all sorts of riders including a would be thief that is chastised by the little girl. At the end of the bus ride, our little girl in the red sweater gets off and is met by her grandmother! Sound a bit familiar? the text is brief but the illustrations are what lets the reader enjoy the tale. They are detailed penciled hues of gray, green, and brown with bits of blue, red, yellow. The entire story takes place on the bus so the illustrator gives that linear feel to the pictures. Our young non readers will spend time looking at all the small details Ms. Dubuc has left for them. This tale with the hint of Little Red Riding Hood is fun to read and to look at!

Overall Book Score: excellent