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Bumper and the Loud Road
Paperback
Publisher Price: $13.99
Publisher: Buildingblocs Publishing
Published: Jun 13 2026
Pages: 38
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.10 Width: 8.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Bumper is a little orange truck with a big problem: everything is loud.
The schoolyard noise, the rushing scooters, the constant movement - it all hits him at once, and it's overwhelming. No matter how hard he tries, Bumper can't sort through every sound, every voiceBumper is a small orange pickup with a good heart, a curious mind, and one big challenge: the world around him is loud. Not just the regular kind of loud that most kids get used to... but the kind that piles up all at once. The rushing scooters. The shouting across the parking lot. The scraping chairs, buzzing conversations, and unpredictable movements that seem to demand attention even when he doesn't want to give it. At Willow Bend School, mornings feel like rush hour, recess feels like a traffic jam, and Bumper often ends up feeling stuck in the middle of it all.
He isn't trying to be dramatic or difficult. He isn't trying to overreact. He's just overwhelmed - and he doesn't always have the words to explain why.
Luckily, Bumper isn't alone on this noisy road. His friends Zip, Axel, and Luna try their best to help, even when they don't fully understand what he's going through. And Coach Diesel, the school bus who has seen a lifetime of students roll through those same busy mornings, notices what the others miss: Bumper is carrying too much at once. Too many sounds. Too many thoughts. Too many feelings trying to ride in the front seat of his mind at the exact same time.
With gentle guidance, Bumper learns something he never expected - he doesn't have to take in everything at once. By choosing one steady thing to focus on, he can quiet the chaos inside even when the world outside stays loud. It might be a tree swaying in the breeze, the painted line near the ramp, or the sound of a friendly voice. One steady thing is enough to give his thoughts room to breathe.
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