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Picture Book · Ages 3–8 · 2018 · Est. 3 min read-aloud
It's Your First Day of School, Busy Bus!
By Jody Jensen Shaffer, Claire Messer (Illustrator)
Part of the Busy Bus series
Can Busy Bus overcome first-day jitters and make new friends at school?
3.6/5 Goodreads · 209 ratings
32 pages· 296 words· Est. 3 min read-aloud
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Bookroo's summary
Busy Bus is eager yet anxious about his first day at school. Will the children like him, or will he feel homesick? What if he gets lost? With bus driver Ben's guidance, Busy Bus embarks on a journey filled with excitement and uncertainty. Can he conquer his fears and ensure a smooth start to the school year? Discover how this charming bus navigates the challenges of new beginnings and the joy of making friends.
"'Busy Bus, it's your first day of school!'"
— from the book
From the publisher
Today is the very first day of school! Busy Bus is excited, but he also has some first-day jitters. Will the children like him? Will he be homesick? What if he gets lost?! Luckily, bus driver Ben knows just what to do to make sure that the school year gets off to a great start.
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Words
- 296
- Reading age
- 3–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- 460L
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Busy Bus is starting school for the first time. He's a little nervous. How do you feel about starting school? What things do you think you will like about school? Name one thing you worry about with school.
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~3.1
- F&P level
- ~M
Publication
- Published
- July 3, 2018
- Publisher
- Beach Lane Books
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
- Text details
- LunchBox Regular
- Illustration details
- Created with lino prints and black ink and then colored digitally
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781481494670
- LCCN
- 2017037359
- OCLC
- 1053995140
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