Red Car, Red Bus - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847801846 ISBN 13: 9781847801845

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2012

Synopsis

Red bus. Red car, red bus. Yellow car, red car, red bus. This beautifully simple picture book introduces the concept of patterns to the youngest child. With an ever-growing traffic queue and entertaining background storylines, this highly original book provides plenty to amuse young readers while also being very suitable for early years education.

About this title

About the Author

SUSAN STEGGALL initially trained as a graphic designer, but then became a primary school teacher and taught young children for several years. After having her own two boys, she began work in a school library where she enjoyed finding out about new authors and illustrators and selecting beautiful new books for the shelves. As her boys grew up, she started making all sorts of pictures for them of the cars, trucks and trains they found so fascinating. After lots of experiments, the idea of using torn coloured and textured paper evolved. Susan lives in the New Forest in Hampshire.

Reviews

PreS-K-Children watch a red car as it follows a red bus through busy city streets, until the road is filled with other colorful vehicles. The bus meanderers past townsfolk, street life, cities, and countryside as basic text describes it being followed by red and yellow cars, yellow and orange vans, a blue truck, and, lastly, blue and red bikes. When a second red bus enters the streets, the whole sequence begins again. Collages of torn and textured paper offer bold and colorful illustrations, yet contain the smallest details, such as raindrops and facial gestures. Similarities, differences, repetitiveness, and sequencing are all nicely tied together to aid in the teaching of these concepts to the youngest learners.-Janet Weber, Tigard Public Library, ORα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Steggall is on the go again! Her latest vehicle-related picture book uses minimal text (“yellow van, yellow car, red car, red bus”) to introduce colors and patterns. The real tale is hidden in the details of her remarkable torn-paper illustrations. As a mother and her son race to catch the next bus, the child drops his teddy bear. Although they arrive at the bus stop just as the bus is pulling away, a kind driver has retrieved the bear and returns it to the boy. As the bus continues through a decidedly English town, there are also people reading newspapers, chatting on cell phones, sweeping streets, and buying ice cream, and readers can’t help but imagine the stories behind these individuals. Much like Frank Viva’s Along a Long Road (2011), the artwork and text come full circle as the bus returns to its first stop and a teenager rushes to catch it, losing his hat in the process. Designed with a massively long horizontal trim size, kids will have to turn their heads left and right to take it all in. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Angela Leeper

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Red bus.
Red car, red bus.
Yellow car, red car, red bus.
Yellow van, yellow car, red car, red bus.
Orange van, yellow van, yellow car, red car, red bus.
Orange truck, orange van, yellow van, yellow car, red car, red bus.
Blue truck, orange truck, orange van, yellow van, yellow car, red car, red bus.
Blue bike, blue truck, orange truck, orange van, yellow van, yellow car, red bus, red car.
Red bike, blue bike, blue truck, orange truck, orange van, yellow van, yellow car, red car, red bus.
Red bus, red bike, blue bike, blue truck, orange truck, orange van, yellow van, yellow car, red car, red bus.
Red bus.
Red car, red bus.

Edition details

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847801846
• ISBN 13: 9781847801845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Steggall Susan
• Number of pages: 32