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Follows the progress of school buses as they take children to school and bring them home again.

"It is close to midnight on a Saturday night when Jack Reacher gets off a bus at the Greyhound station in Nashville. Reacher is in no hurry. He has no appointments to keep. No people to see. No scores to settle. Not yet anyway. But in the early morning hours, under particular circumstances, a familiar thought will be snaking through his sharp, instinctual lizard brain: A voice in his head telling him to walk away. Of course, this wouldn't be the first...

Pigeon is an unflinching and hilarious look at a child's potential for mischief. In a plain palette, with childishly elemental line drawings, Willems has captured the essence of unreasonableness in the very young.

Two cow friends, Minnie and Moo, find a bus and try to drive to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower.

"A young boy steps out of a thunderstorm and onto a strange bus. Like a flash of lightning, his long-gone grandmother suddenly appears on the bus too! Is she there to offer him a gift . . . or a warning? The boy is in for a shocking surprise. " --Amazon.

As the rickety old bus collects an odd assortment of passengers in a quaint little town, the reader may join in with the sounds of the bus and motions of the driver and passengers.

"Hop on board and let young readers in PreK-2 explore the different types of buses in their community and in the world. Cover the basics of why the wheels on the bus go round and round, as well as a brief history of buses. Bold photographs and energetic text are perfect for read-alouds or introductions to transportation units. A short photo timeline in the back will reinforce how technology has changed over time"--

While hurrying to get on the school bus, Arthur and his friend unknowingly switch their lunch boxes; later Arthur finds out what surpise his sister had put into hers.