Late for School! (Hardcover)
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 1—”You’re late. Tick! Tock! You must have forgotten to set your clock!” Rhythm and rhyme follow a tardy Mr. Bungles as he races to be on time. From end pages that trace his route to brightly colored angles of each page, this book shouts MOTION and encourages listeners to fill in the rhyme with each turn of the page. Readers will find it might take more than just hopping in a car to travel even a short distance. Mr. Bungles’s car won’t start—he runs for a train. He misses the train and tries for a bus; it’s too crowded. He runs for a van, but the van heads in the wrong direction, and Bungles finally returns via hot-air balloon and unicycle. As his name hints, the errant teacher can’t seem to do anything right. Cartoon characters in scenes of collage and mixed media follow Mr. Bungles’s efforts to watch the clock and avoid breaking his own rule, “Never, ever, ever be late for school!” A colorful selection for all librarie (more…)