Young Rene's teacher is calling role one morning, and Rene is dismayed to hear someone else answer to his name. It's not only that he thought he was the only person with that name, but also that the new student who answers is a girl. That afternoon his classmates tease, Rene has a girl's name. After discussing it with Mama and Papa, Rene decides his name is so beautiful that a girl copied it from him, not the other way around. But the next day at school the new girl sits by him ... is behind him every time they line up ... shares her apple with him ... and at recess tells him she wants to be...

You may know that the wheels on the bus go round and round, but did you know that las ruedas del bus ruedan y ruedan? Or that while the horn on the truck goes honk, honk, honk, la bocina del camion goes tut tuu tuu? The Wheels on the Bus takes on a new, bilingual identity as children sing in both English and Spanish about the exciting noises made by all sorts of vehicles ranging from a motorcycle, to an ambulance, to a fire truck. The best sounds of all are the ones from the children. Yay and Yupi Sheet music included.

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