The Yellow Bus

Picture books are so weird. They’re one of those odd objects that are simultaneously steeped in nostalgia while at the same time appearing as completely new to their intended audience. Adults mostly want to introduce their kids to the books they themselves remember. And since the average adult proba......more

This is the story of a yellow school bus. But not just any yellow school bus. A yellow school bus that is meaningful to a neighborhood of kids and families and the community it drives through. A yellow school bus that has a specific mission to get children from “one important place to another.” It c......more

There are many great picture books, but every once in a while a really special one comes along. This is a gorgeous book told from the point of view of a school bus. The story touches on the changes in our lives and the memories we make along the way. The black and white illustrations used along with......more

The life and death of a school bus gets a bit dark as it touches on the unhoused and what looks like illegal dumping. And I never thought a children's picture book would evoke the "sleeps with fishes" line from The Godfather.......more

Beautiful work of art, but it’s the kind of book adults will appreciate more than kids will enjoy. I could see a Caldecott on its cover because the illustrations really are essential to the story (unlike the Otis books).......more