Room for Everyone

A wonderful book that teaches young children there is room for everyone if you just give up a little space. A bus heading for the beach stops to let more and more people on. A young boy (Musa) learns that if you just squeeze in a little tighter then all your neighbors can fit in and get to the beach......more

A fun, rhyming book about a chaotic bus ride in Zanzibar! Musa and his sister are riding the daladala bus to go swimming in the Indian Ocean. Along the way the bus stops to pick up more and more people and their wares. Musa doesn't think that they can make any more space but in the end joins the fun......more

3.5 stars--A passenger vehicle taking people to the beach gets more and more full at each stop in this joyful, colorful cumulative story. This one shines with culture, introducing new vocabulary words, and will no doubt provoke giggles as the passengers have to scoot over to make room at each succes......more

Utterly delightful. The rhyming rhythm, colorful illustrations, and silly story are read aloud magic......more

I started to read this book to myself, abruptly stopped, gathered my children around, and began again aloud.  This 40 page early elementary picture book isn't just counting up and down with silly scenarios and outrageous details, it is familiarity with a culture often not represented with universal......more