Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Wheels on the School Bus
Mary-Alice Moore · 2006
78/100
👍 Worth It
The comic reversal at the heart of this book is genuinely clever: the grown-ups misbehave while the kids try to hold it together, which young children find endlessly funny. Laura Huliska-Beith's zany illustrations match the energy, and the sing-along format gives it interactive staying power at storytime. It won't win literary awards, but it's a well-executed, joyful riff on a classic that earns its spot in any back-to-school read-aloud stack.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance60
craft78
originality75
accuracy82
hype65
age-fit90
human-eye78
Penny’s verdict78
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