The Spooky Wheels on the Bus - book cover
Literature & Fiction
  • Publisher : Cartwheel Books; Illustrated edition
  • Published : 01 Jul 2010
  • Pages : 24
  • ISBN-10 : 0545174805
  • ISBN-13 : 9780545174800
  • Language : English

The Spooky Wheels on the Bus

A haunted Halloween bus ride that will have children singing with excitement.

THE SPOOKY WHEELS ON THE BUS is a humorous Halloween-themed version of the classic song THE WHEELS ON THE BUS...with a few ghoulish tricks and treats up its sleeves! Count from One Spooky Bus up to Ten Goofy Ghosts as this Halloween ride races through town picking up a few unsuspecting passengers along the way.

Editorial Reviews

Please oh please add The Spooky Wheels on the Bus to your pile of Halloween books to read! I've been reading it for the past month to my classes, and it just keeps getting better. --ewspider.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/the-spooky-wheels-on-the-bus/

We were at Kmart the other day and I seen this book for a little over $3 and had to get it!
It is a very cute book. Think The Wheels On The Bus with a Halloween twist. --1sizedoesntfitall.com/2010/09/spooky-wheels-on-bus.html

[This] is an ideal story book for early readers, adding excitement with singing and counting. --helium.com/items/1931345-childrens-book-reviews-the-spooky-wheels-on-the-bus-by-j-elizabeth-mills

It's an 8x8 paperback with a rollicking rhyme scheme, and I predict totz will adore singing along with it this Halloween season. --readertotz.blogspot.com/2010/10/spooky-wheels-on-bus-j-elizabeth-mills.html

This humorous, Halloween-themed version of the classic song "The Wheels on the Bus" is a perfect new book for the season. --booktalk.scholastic.com/2010/09/30/teachable-moment-special-days/

Readers Top Reviews

DaraDolores WeberCre
My (almost two year old) son is obsessed with all things wheels on the bus, and now that it's September, he's also obsessed with Halloween. This book is so fun to read together, he repeats, enjoys the pictures and it combines 2 of his favorite things!
Tasha Oliver
Super cute and a nice change up from the original wheels on the bus song my daughter sings on repeat. She is 3 and is currently memorizing this version of the song. The illustrations are super cute and over all the book holds my daughters attention. I love it and recommend it.
Olivia Stabler
My daughter loves the "Wheels on the Bus" song, so when I found this Halloween version, she was thrilled. The illustrations are bright, colorful, and engaging. Even though there are monsters, witches, and ghosts in the book, they are drawn in a friendly way so as not to frighten a young child. She sings along with me as we read it and it holds her attention wonderfully. It definitely encourages active participation and also has a counting concept built into it for numbers 1-10. After we read it, I usually have my daughter help me count the cats, witches, monsters, etc. on each page to practice her counting skills or I'll ask her what colors certain objects are, so there's a lot of education value to the book as well as just being fun to sing along to. Some of the lyrics are : "One spooky bus goes rattle and shake, rattle and shake, rattle and shake. One spooky bus goes rattle and shake all through the town." "Three noisy cats go meow, hiss, hiss, meow, hiss, hiss, meow, hiss, hiss. Three noisy cats go meow, hiss, hiss, all through the town." "Ten goofy ghosts say, "Boo-oo-oo, Boo-oo-oo, Boo-oo-oo, Ten goofy ghosts say, "Boo-oo-oo all through the town." We enjoy the book so much that we bought another one for my daughter's preschool teacher to share with the class this Halloween. Very cute and interactive story/song!
Stephanie Morrison
My 20-month-old is obsessed with this book. It's almost Christmas and she's been reading it since before Halloween. You can sing it to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus." She particularly likes it when the goofy ghosts go "boo-oo-oo." You never know what little kids are going to take to, but my kid certainly took to this! One nice thing about the paperback is that the pages are pretty thick. It has held up to some rough handling. You can also find videos on YouTube of other folks singing the words of the book. Very fun!
G. DunnGRAMMY_GIRLS2
My 3 yr old is obsessed with Halloween anything. Loves the spooky wheels on the bus videos. Thought no brainer... Meh. He loves it anyway... Some of the words are dumb to me. Example in pictures. White could have been boney or crooked or something....