Final Resting Place

A retired yellow school bus is the inspirational protagonist of Loren Long's sentimental story about growth, purpose, and eternal life.

Characters: Yellow Bus, school children, elders, goats, aquatic life

Theme: service, finding purpose, personal growth

Conflict: a journey

Plot: Yellow Bus proudly starts her career transporting her community's children from one important place to another. She then transfers to another job and begins transporting the community's seniors from one important place to another. Then, she is retired.

In retirement, she takes on a new role, sheltering the homeless in her community from the cold and rain.

When the community decides to clear her lot, she is towed to the country and left in a pasture. There she serves as a play structure for the farmer's goats until the day the river floods and takes her to her final resting place where she once again finds a way to serve her community.

Setting: City scape, country

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A young girl stands eagerly with her book, gazing at the inviting yellow bus ready to take her on a new journey, Book Cover of The Yellow Bus by Loren Long.

ISBN-13	9781250903136
Publisher	Roaring Book Press
Publication Date	June 25, 2024
Pages	48
Age	4 to 8