The Big Red Bus
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The cover illustration for this issue is by Tony Ross for Allan Ahlberg’s latest addition to the ‘Happy Family’ series, Miss Dirt the Dustman’s Daughter. We are grateful to Puffin Books for their help in producing the cover of this November issue.
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The Big Red Bus
William Benedict
Bold illustrations with speech balloons and a dramatic double gatefold give an extra-special dimension to this entertaining cumulative story about a traffic jam caused by a hole in the road. A succession of brightly coloured vehicles and their exasperated drivers pile up one by one behind the big red bus in a clearly told, lively story. Finally, a tractor arrives to clear the jam and road menders arrive to fill in the hole (nice to see a female road mender!). Now the road is clear for cyclists and rabbits to take advantage of the newly smooth, empty highway. Ideal for storytelling time.