Book description
Child's fiction/picture book.
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Why read it?
1 author picked The Magic Bus as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a unique and unexpected story of a school bus that can take its child passengers anywhere in the world by simply pressing a button on the dashboard. It seems to suggest one can really go anywhere with one’s imagination, particularly when one is absorbed in a book. Gergely illustrated other books about inanimate objects including The Little Red Caboose, Tootle, The Taxi That Hurried, and Scruffy the Tugboat.
From Scott's list on The best picture books about inanimate objects.
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