Reviews

Nimoshom and His Bus by Penny M. Thomas

lilhill's review

lighthearted

5.0

heisereads's review

4.0

A delightful introduction to the Cree language, and the love of a grandfather, who was a beloved bus driver for the children in the community. Each page spread tells of something the grandfather did and said while driving the bus, with a sentence that follows including the translation for what the Cree word means in English. A beautiful #ownvoices story to include in any collection. I just wish the Cree word list at the end included a pronunciation component to ensure I'm pronouncing the Cree words correctly if I use for a read aloud.

ljrinaldi's review

4.0

I'm so glad that books like this are coming out, where First Nation people are peppered into the story so that we learn words, and a little bit about the culture, even at the picture book level. It makes me wish this book was longer, and had more of story, but this is a great first step to making this People's life normal, and their language part of everyday life, such as driving a bus, as is shown here.


Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

tyler_j's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

 
A cute little introduction to the Native American Cree language. 

fernandie's review

3.0

Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

renee_b's review

4.0

An elderly Cree bus driver named Nimoshom has a close relationship with the children he drives to school. Interactions with him often include children speaking to him with basic words in the Cree language.

librarianryan's review against another edition

5.0

I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book because I hate the cover, but the illustrations contained inside are beautiful and not typical picture book copy. This is a simple story of Nimoshom and how he treats the children on his bus. Its a language learning story for Cree and indigenous language of Canada. Nimoshom shares what he taught his kids in Cree, so that new generations can learn as well.