The Monster on the Bus
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
"Now I know why Mom made me ride my bike to school. I missed so much!" —Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
"Josh Lieb continues to put out hilarious children's books that make up for his conspicuous lack of hilarious children's existential one act plays. Get on that, Lieb!!" —Jon Stewart, host of The Problem with Jon Stewart
A spooky and hilarious spin on a classic children’s song, from the author of Chapter Two is Missing and the illustrator of The Panda Problem
It’s the first day of school, and for Cassius and Angelique, that means their first ride on the school bus. The school bus can be a little intimidating for first-time riders! Will you have a friend to sit next to? Will the driver be nice? . . . and in the case of this bus ride, will that monster eat your backpack?
As the wheels go round and round, the bus gets more and more off course. Is that. . .a T. Rex sitting in the back? And doesn’t that look like a wizard sitting in the front? Cassius and Angelique must outsmart a wild cast of characters if they want to make it to school on time!
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"Anything could happen on the bus," promises narrator Angelique, a child who reads as Black, at the start of this transportation-centered picture book, and the story delivers, mixing up "The Wheels on the Bus." Lieb employs the song's familiar cadences alongside a series of mural-like cutaway spreads by Marks. After the titular pink, furry monster eats the bus driver and takes their place, an evil scientist and other improbable passengers appear for a mayhem-filled journey en route to school ("The villain on the bus says ‘EARTH WILL PAY!' "). Coolheaded Angelique rallies the other kid riders, portrayed with varying skin tones, to demand a return to the quotidian, including regurgitating their bus driver ("The kids on the bus say, ‘COUGH HER UP!' "), who, with a little pink slime lingering here and there, is ready for what looks like an equally unpredictable ride home. Ages 4–8.
