Description: It's the first day of school, but is Busy Bus ready? Find out in this darlingpicture book that showcases the excitement and worries little ones experienceas they prepare for their first day. Full color.
Brief description: Claire Messer is a graduate of the Cambridge School of Art. She works by hand, using traditional printmaking processes to create her picture books, which include the Busy Bus series by Jody Jensen Shaffer, Clara the Triumphant Rhinoceros by Jane Kurtz, and her own Grumpy Pants. She lives in the UK.
Review Quotes: First-day jitters aren't just for kids. As another school year dawns, a new-to-the-route school bus wonders if he's up to the job of transporting students. Luckily, Ben the bus driver makes sure that Busy Bus--contemporary of Bossy, Zippy, Bouncy, and Big Buses--is shipshape. Fans of stories about trucks and how things work will enjoy the behind-the-scenes action at the bus barn as Ben makes adjustments and preparations ("He fills Busy Bus's tanks with gas. /Gussshhhh!"), and inspects the fire extinguisher and first aid kit. Messer's digitally colored, lino-print-and-ink images showcase a sunny fleet of anthropomorphized yellow vehicles with headlight eyes and windshield-wiper eyebrows, which expressively raise as Busy Bus expresses his trepidation, and then form a rainbow arch when Busy Bus happily settles into his first day on the job. --Publishers Weekly "June 4, 2018"