I'm Smart!

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: December 29, 2017

Review

This is the ninth entry in the popular "I Stink" books series. School bus tells readers the power in the red stop sign when it flips open in traffic and the red lights blink. School bus loves the job because of all the children and how the bus keeps them safe. Readers are challenged to count the stops on the bus route, but there is only three. A car gets pulled over by the cops when it drives past the stop paddle and the bus driver must engaged all the children on the bus in a round of 20 questions when there is a construction stop. Although the brightly colored illustrations provide a variety of perspectives of up close bus parts to the large driving area with the bus on a hill, the book as a whole does not provide the same depth as other books in the series. Vehicle enthusiasts and preschools looking for transportation theme stories will be the most likely readership for this story.

Overall Book Score: fair