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  • The Mommies on the Bus

The Mommies on the Bus

Author
Hannah Eliot
Illustrator
Airin O'Callaghan
Publication Date
March 12, 2024
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
The Mommies on the Bus
Description

Set to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus," this sweet and funny board book shows how mommies keep their kids entertained on the bus!

While a child might only think of how a bus's wheels go round and round, round and round, round and round, mommies know to be prepared with "snacks, snacks, snacks." And she'll have to remind her child "here's our stop, here's our stop, here's our stop!"

Publication date
March 12, 2024
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781665948159
Publisher
Little Simon
BISAC categories
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV041030 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Cars & Trucks
JUV017150 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Mother's Day
Library of Congress categories
Buses
Mother and child
Children's songs
Songs
Board books
Texts

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1--Fans of public transportation and singing will be pleased with this board book. The text puts a new spin on the popular nursery rhyme "The Wheels on the Bus," this time centering the familiar routines of mothers and children on a city bus. "The mommies on the bus go hold my hand, hold my hand, hold my hand." O'Callaghan's drawings show many characters of varying skin tones and cultures, including a motherly woman in a hijab. This diversity of passengers reflects a realistic cross-section of travelers on any bus in metropolitan America today. VERDICT For a bouncy twist on an old classic, this bus book is just the ticket.--Nora Clancy

Copyright 2024 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Hannah Eliot
Hannah Eliot is a children's book editor who lives in Vermont. Her favorite activities include editing (of course), writing, drawing, and spending time with her family!

Rashin Kheiriyeh has a master's degree in graphic design and a doctorate in illustration and has illustrated more than eighty books in half a dozen languages, including Welcome Home by Aimee Reid and Story Boat by Kyo Maclear, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year. She was a 2017 Maurice Sendak fellow and is a lecturer at the University of Maryland. She was born in Khorramshahr, Iran, and now lives in Washington, DC. Visit her at RashinArt.com.
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