I Spy a School Bus

I Spy Readers

by Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Photographer)

All new, easy-to-read riddles by Jean Marzollo are paired with fun photographs culled from previously published I Spy books to create an I Spy easy reader. With rhythm, rhyme, and picture clues, this book is written to support the newest reader.

Genres: Childrens, School, Picture Books, Kids, Nonfiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Jean Marzollo was an American children's author and illustrator best known for the I Spy series, a best-selling and award-winning collection written entirely in rhythm and rhyme and illustrated by Walter Wick. Over her career, she wrote more than 100 books for children, parents, and educators, including Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20, The Little Plant Doctor, and Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King. Born and raised in Connecticut, she graduated from the University of Connecticut and earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She taught high school English and later worked in educational publishing, serving for 20 years as editor of Scholastic’s Let’s Find Out Magazine. Later in life, she began illustrating her own books.

Reviews

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

We like the I Spy series.

For Naomi from the thrift store.

5/11/17 Read with Naomi & Julia.

[Eileen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book; however, only one school bus in the book. I had planned to use for library program on School buses, I think I'll pass on this one.

[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and easy to read. My son loves the I Spy books!

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Occupational Therapy - Helping to structure sentences and writing for seven year old son ASD

[sarah young · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did not expect a pipe to be in the items to be spied in a titled ‘school’ book. It was loads of fun just not school tobacco free friendly

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 3 out of 5]

The I Spy books come in three reading levels: board books, early readers and the regular challengers. Typically the board books and early readers use the same images from their counterparts in the challengers. In the case of I Spy School Bus by Jean Marzollo, the images are taken from I Spy School Days.

I Spy a School Bus has only a close up of each original two page spread and more simplistic riddles. The object to be found is also shown as a pictogram as part of the riddle.

My son who started with the challengers first found the level one readers too easy. His sister though enjoys them tremendously. They allow her to play I Spy at her own speed. She also likes the board books.

[Sara Balthazor · Rating 2 out of 5]

My daughter loves the I Spy books. I'm sure she'll love this one, but I was vaguely disappointed. I bought it because she's obsessed, at 22 months, with school buses. This one has only 2 pages that have buses on them. I was hoping it would have one on every page. I ordered it from Amazon, so I really didn't know. Still, I'm sure she'll love it.

[Elisa Pereyra-Molina]

More easy riddles from Jean Marzollo. This is an ideal riddle picture book with short sentences for young readers. This book is meant to target early readers and supports building vocabulary while being an interactive book but has other uses.
This book can be useful for older students who are learning the English language or who may that need require extra resources for reading and spelling .

[Tammy King Carlton · Rating 5 out of 5]

We took a roadtrip to Gatlinburg, TN, and played "I-Spy" to pass the time in the car, and before you know it, Rebekah is eating up every "I-Spy" book the library can dig up. We're hooked.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

A typical preschooler's I Spy book. Look for one with more personality than this one.

[Erica Tucker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for beginning readers. There are pictures corresponding to the word of the item that they are supposed to be locating in the jumble of pictures. This book makes reading fun!

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

The rating is for my daughter. She loved being able to read the words by herself then find the pictures. It's a good book for beginning readers.

[Cali Santos · Rating 5 out of 5]

my toddler's first I Spy book and she loves it!

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books take longer to read than you might think, because the boys insist on finding every object.

[Eric · Rating 2 out of 5]

My son likes this book, however, after the first read he remembers where everything is at.

[Melissa Kakuk]

My daughter absolutely loves all of the I Spy Books. I think their great for young children because they are interactive and a fun way to spend time together

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of the easy reader series of I Spy books featuring rhymes, increasingly difficult picture puzzles, and tons of literacy building extras. Great for beginning readers!

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've always loved the photography in these I Spy books. This one is the perfect size for traveling.

[Rachelolivia]

II

[Ella Zig · Rating 3 out of 5]

a typical I spy book, they are always good.

[Nola · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always ... fabulous!

[Connie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not great compared to the original I Spy series, and a little easy even for easy readers.