| Setting | A quaint home with soft yellow wallpaper and the city zoo
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| Plot | A nice old man with bunny slippers has to alter his normal schedule of riding the bus to work at the local zoo because he wakes up with the sniffles. The zoo animals miss him so much, they go to his house to visit and play.
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| Illustrations, Writing Style | Illustrations combine woodcuts and colored pencils for a satisfying, comforting style. The text is equally polished, carefully crafting a fun, “warm-fuzzy” story. (Stead, 2010) |
| Theme(s) | Friends go to any length to make their friends happy.
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| Characterizations | The elderly. Friends.
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| Programming Connections | A book like this is a great fit for many themes….friendship, zoos, buses, etc. Because the old man and the animals took the bus, it would be fun to preface the story with The Wheels on the Bus song. |
| Personal Response | I have shared this book at several storytimes since it arrived a few months ago. The illustrations are so inviting and children are captivated by the concept that the zoo animals could actually get onto the bus. The last image of the man sleeping in his bed totally surrounded by zoo animals is priceless. 2011 Caldecott metal winner!
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