The Wheels on the Bus:
a favorite of children everywhere

The popular song "The Wheels on the Bus" has a catchy tune, and with its accompanying hand movements, it is addictive to little children. Paul Zelinsky thought that motion in book form would be a fun and memorable adaptation for this song; fun and also developmentally and educationally useful for young children. This resulting moving-parts book, where you can spin the wheels, pull the tabs and open flaps to express the action words, has become immensely popular with children everywhere. In the twenty years since its first publication, its international sales have topped three million copies.

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Before the beginning of this video, the little girl announced, "This is the page that's missing!" and started to sing "The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round..."

That first page, with the wheels going round, was so special to her that she had torn it out.

The Wheels on the Bus was animated by Scholastic's Weston Woods Studios, with music performed by the Bacon Brothers, a band featuring Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael. Click here to see more.

A Book-of-the-Month Club selection, Bratislava Biennale selection, Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award, ALA Notable Book, Redbook Award.