The Bingity-Bangity School Bus

by Fleur Conkling, Ruth Wood (Illustrator)

Busby the school bus might be old and clankety, but the children adore him. The adults, however, think he’s ready for the junkyard. Busby decides to run away, and soon finds himself upside down in a field! Thankfully, the children come to the rescue and convince the townspeople to give him a spiffy upgrade. Busby has never looked better!

Genres: Picture Books, Fiction, School

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1950

Reviews

[Calista]

The bus has feelings. Someone the children love this bus and they can't bare to see it in disrepair. It was a different day indeed if children love their bus. I have never heard kids say anything like that. I rode the bus to school for 6 years in elementary.

This is part of the G+D Vintage book collection. (I don't know why goodreads doesn't have the english edition). I appreciate these old books being reprinted. This is not as warm and wonderful as the others I have read like Mr Wishing went Fishing, etc. It still has an old world charm to it. The kids gave this 2 stars and I was a little more generous.

[Luisa Knight]

A short a simple tale about a school bus that is akin to Virginia Lee Burton’s books.

Darling illustrations!

Ages: 3 - 8

[Angela]

Busby, the old school bus, overhears people talking about how old he is and how broken down he looks and decides he should just run away so they can get a new, fancy bus. Well, his plan goes wrong when he ends up in a field of flowers and can't get out. Soon he learns that just because he is old and may have some "use" to him, doesn't mean no one likes him. They really do love Busby and he is about to learn just how much.

I really enjoyed this book. It had a great message in it for the children and even the adult readers. Also, I just loved the pictures, they were so bright and well drawn. This is a wonderful book and a great blast from the past read. This was a book I actually had never read before, but found it in my Grandma's stuff when she passed on. Being that I love books and so does my son, my Mom told me to take it. I found it a joy to read and my son also enjoyed it. Great book to check out if you have not already, or to re-read, if you have read it. Great book to read for generations to come.

5/5 Stars!!

[Siskiyou-Suzy]

Cute little story, but it has that Virginia Lee Burton bent of romanticizing the old past when it makes sense. Is it really reasonable to just fix up the bus rather than get a new one?

[Steph]

So cute!