When two gutsy moms ventured inside Nettelhorst, their neighborhood's underutilized and struggling public elementary school, the new principal asked what it would take for them to enroll their children. Stunned by her candor, they returned the next day armed with an extensive wish list. The principal read their list and said "Well, let's get started, girls! It's going to be a busy year . . . " How to Walk to School is the story—from the highs to the lows—of motivated neighborhood parents galvanizing and then organizing an entire community to take a leap of faith, transforming a challenged urban school into one of Chicago's best, virtually overnight. The fate of public education is not beyond our control. In How to Walk to School, Susan Kurland, Nettelhorst's new and entrepreneurial principal, and Jacqueline Edelberg, the neighborhood mom, provide an accessible and honest blueprint for reclaiming the great public schools our children deserve. Check out www.howtowalktoschool.com for more information.

When the path to eight-year-old Allison's Catholic school goes through hostile Protestant territory in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Allison finds she is not alone in her loathing of the situation.

Ruby's imagination turns everyday objects, like a house for sale and a tabby cat, into frightening surprises on her walk to school with her Mum.

"Tom and his mom usually drive to school, but they always get stuck in traffic. Follow his story and find out what happens when Tom walks to school, and why walking is so much better for our planet-and ourselves!"--

The Walking School Bus is a story about a boy Cassimere who realizes it is more fun to walk to school then take the big old school bus. Cassimere and his friends walk, skip, and sing their way to school each day. The Walking School helps to teach children that walking to school can be fun, healthy, promote exercise, and healthy living. walkingschoolbus.net helps schools and organizations create Walking School Buses in their school, organization, city or town. The Walking School Bus helps build healthy communities by encouring children to walk to school, events, and places in their community. The Walking School Bus gets children outdoors, exercising, and enjoying their surroundings. Along with this, The Walking School Bus helps decrease traffic and polution caused from cars and conventional school buses. For More Information Call The Walking School Bus Offices at 781-606-0377

Walking to school can be so much fun! Join Emily and her mother as they walk from their home to the school building. What things will they see on their walk? This story is filled with rhyme and rhythm that children and adults will enjoy!

School Transport : Eighth report [of session 2003-04], Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence