Room for Everyone
Room for Everyone
Picture Book / Tanzania
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
September 7, 2021
40
Picture Book / Tanzania
Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
September 7, 2021
40
"A young boy on a crowded bus discovers that, after some wiggles and giggles, there’s room for everyone in this lighthearted rhyming picture book set in Zanzibar. The dala dala rumbles and roars as Musa and Dada drive off to the shore—but the bus stops for multiple detours: “Do you need a ride? It’s hotter than peppers out there in the sun! Come in, there’s room for everyone!” One stop becomes two stops which soon becomes ten, and Musa wonders when it will end: “How can any more people get in? We’re already smushed like sardines in a tin!” But there's always room for one more..." Publisher
Funny story that reminds me of many scenes of packed busses with all sorts of non-human passengers, which I have seen all over Africa.