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Return to a world of caring and kindness, in 'Amos McGee Misses The Bus'

In Erin and Philip Stead's follow-up to 2010's A Sick Day For Amos McGee, the fastidious zookeeper gets help from his animal friends to finish his chores, so they can go on an exciting outing.
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In A Sick Day for Amos McGee, a very punctual, somewhat rigid, zookeeper always — always — takes the No. 5 bus to work at 6 a.m.

At the City Zoo, he visits his friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros and the owl.

Until one day, Amos McGee wakes up with a terrible cold. He calls in sick, and his animal friends must overcome their fears to help take care of their friend.

It was the very first book that Philip Stead and Erin Stead, who are married,

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