Bad Bye, Good Bye
Simple text and expressive watercolor illustrations convey a broad range of emotions of a small boy as he experiences his family’s cross-country move. On the rainy moving day, the boy grumbles “Bad truck / Bad guy.” Loaded in the car and driving away from friends, he wails “Bad wave / Bad bye.” Illustrations showing cloverleaf exits, water towers, windmills, and diners are accompanied by simple descriptive text such as “Stuffed car / Hot seat / Gray clouds / Gold wheat.” These capture the weariness of traveling through cities and countryside. With a combination of eagerness and trepidation, the boy eventually explores his “New house / New hall / New room / New wall.” The hopefulness brightens at story’s end with the boy’s “good bye” wave to a new friend. © 2014 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Jonathan Bean
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-7
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Feelings/Emotions
Friendship
Moving
Stories in Rhyme
Travel
Vehicles and Transportation
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publish Year: 2014
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780547928524
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Underwood