Bus Stops

A bus follows its daily route through the town, discharging and taking on a variety of passengers. Subtext on each page challenges the reader to find objects or people sprinkled throughout the pictures.

This simple story, following a bus on its daily route, encourages children to find a variety of objects in the illustrations. Bursting with color, Taro Gomi transforms an everyday event into a joyous journey from start to finish.

Publishers Weekly

As a bus progresses on its route to the garage, where it will park for the night, various travelersactors, commuters, familieshop off at their stops. When a number of riders is named (for example, 10 baseball players disembark and head for a playing field), readers can count along, but more often, the text suggests different objects to pick out from each spread. Gomi's pictures are beautifully composed, using white space to carve out both the horizon and the shape of the bus. Gomi's illustrations will appeal to children for their simplicity, and to adults for their strong graphics. No ages given. (Dec.)

Taro Gomi is a resident of Tokyo, Japan, and has illustrated more than 100 books for children.