The Seals on the Bus

Posted on 11 February 2018 by Lenny Hort

This hilarious new version of the beloved children s song The Wheels on the Bus will have young readers errping and roaring and honking along The seals on the bus go errp, errp, errp All through the town Two children and their parents board a city bus on their way to a party At the next stop, who should get on but a group of seals, who holler errp, errp, errp at the top of their lungs Each time the bus stops a new kind of animal joins the passengers and adds to the din, to the children s delight and the parents annoyance But when several hissing skunks want to come aboard, even the children cry help help help Free Read Books The Seals on the Bus Author Lenny Hort – kino-fada.fr Worked well for baby rhyme time, but probably better for those a little older With my group, I usually have several older siblings, so it was still good for the whole crowd I really enjoyed this book The illustrations are my favorite part, with the looks of terror and surprise on eve...Fun book to make animal noises to However, I was a bit let down when I realized that it wasn t just the seals on the bus The other animals.boring A busload of seals would have made such a better story HaOh my goodness, do my students ever love this book It is a great read aloud sharing story that will have everyone singing.This is perfect for Animal Sounds Fun, engaging, and playing on a familiar song The pictures are as entertaining as the idea each page brings across 3 2 10 3 4 10 Both groups loved this book Parents sang along in both groups The larger Tuesday crowd got a little riled from it, but they really enjoyed it With the smaller Thursday group I had learned to slow down and ask some questions to involve the children eventhan in just the singing of the new sounds And the shy girl sang This is perfect for Animal Sounds Fun, engaging, and playing on a familiar song The pictures are as enterta...This book gets a really strong 4 from me It s a good quality book and story I enjoyed the book, at the same time, it didn t blow me over either But it s definitely a book I could see having fun reading to and with preschoolers or kindergartners.As one might expect from the book s title, The Seals on the Bus is a play on the traditionally well know children s song The Wheels on the Bus I like how this book uses animals and animal sounds and noises to enhance this particular bus This book gets a really strong 4 from me It s a good quality book and story I enjoyed the book, at the same time, it didn t blow me over either But it s definitely a book I could see having fun reading to and with preschoolers or kindergartners.As one might expect from the book s title, The Seals on the Bus is a play on the traditionally well know children s song The Wheels on the Bus I like how this book uses animals and animal sounds and noises to enhance this particular bus ride the story.I think it s well written and simple to follow Also, the illustrations are solid.Some details I noticed include It was fun to see the several different animals this book included By the title and cover it w...A jaunty spin on the song The Wheels on the Bus, this delightfully silly sing along, read aloud picture book is sure to amuse youngsters animal aficionados alike Seals, of course, do not go round round like their predecessors the wheels They go errp errp errp The tiger on the bus goes roar roar roar, the geese go honk h...The clever idea of this book got me to bring it home to read to Natalie, but I was a little disappointed with how well it was executed The silly aspect of all the animals on the bus was great and I liked that there was a nice mix of animals I get so bored with cows, ducks, and horses But, I liked the use of seals instead of wheels and found that the other animals weren t as clever I also thought that the sounds could have matched better The hiss of the snakes was a bit like the The clever idea of this book got me to bring it home to read to Natalie, but I was a little disappointed with how well it was executed The silly aspect of all the animals on the bus was great and I liked that there was a nice mix of animals I get so bored with cows, ducks, a...Brief summary A bus full of animals retell the classic wheels on the bus.Annotation a fun rendition of the classic that is fun for both the reader and the childAge appropriateness This is good for children 0 5 yearsConnection to six early literacy skills Print Motivation This is a fun story to retell and sing Phonological awareness the sing song rhythm makes it easy to hear the various sounds.Opinion This is a fun book to read al...A rollicking ride on the bus with animalsDifferent animals including seals, tigers, geese, rabbits, monkeys, andmake their own sounds as they ride all around the town on a bus Awesome to use in Storytime

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11 February 2018

Lenny Hort