Dinosaur Train12 reviews

HarperCollins, 2002

Short, but sweet

+ Great pictures, great concept, bland text/story.
+ A good book for little ones
+ Dinosaurs, what's not to love?
+ dinos and trains
  
  











  



  
Monkey and the Engineer8 reviews
Jesse Fuller

Redpsych Productions, 2007

A rhythmic telling of near-rhymes

+ A railroad engineer and his remarkably astute pet monkey
+ A Book Your Children Enjoy Over and Over Again!
+ Grandparents & Dead Heads!
+ A Fantastic New Children's Book
  
  











  



  
Choo Choo17 reviews
Virginia Lee Burton

Sandpiper, 1988

First 'real' book our Very Active 2 year old will sit through in entirety!

+ Great looking book, but hard to read aloud
+ Cassette is useless, but the story is delightful
+ Train Loving Sons will Love it, but it's Lengthy
+ My 25 month old love this book!
  
  











  



  
All Aboard Trains (Reading Railroad Books)5 reviews
Mary Harding

Grosset & Dunlap, 1989

Informative and Easy to Understand

+ Not bad, for little train nuts
+ Train Book for "Thomas The Train" DVD
+ Really cute book for a good price!
+ Good Value for the Money
  
  











  



  
Animal Train : A Lift-the-Flap Concept Book1 review
Jane Yolen

Little Simon, 2002

Colorful and fun!

Any book by Jane Yolen is sure to be good and this one is no different. My kids love the clever rhymes and lifting all the fun flaps. The pictures are bright and interesting and there is a wealth of details to be discovered on subsequent readings. The only suggestion I have (as in all flap ...
  
  











  



  
Train Song: A Little Lionel Book About Sounds (Little Lionel)1 review
Catherine Lukas

Little Simon, 2000

cute board book featuring train sounds, rhymes

This is a 10-page board book for toddlers and young children. It is not about a train song in regular terms, it is about the sounds that the trains and train workers make as they go about their train business. Each passage contains sounds such as "All Aboard" and "ding, ding ding". The text is ...
  
  











  



  
Two Little Trains21 reviews
Margaret Wise Brown

HarperTrophy, 2003

two little trains

+ Two Trains is Too Terrific!
+ Hey, If My son likes it..........
+ Simply Beautiful
+ fun to read
  
  











  



  
Night Train: A Little Lionel Book About Opposites (Little Lionel)1 review
Catherine Lukas

Little Simon, 2000

cute board book for little train lovers

Little Lionel Night Train 5 stars This board book is 10 pages long. The storyline is about a streamlined steam locomotive, the Chesapeake and Ohio line, which is pulling coaches and tank cars filled with milk and chocolate syrup (!). The trip is an overnight journey, which begins at night and ends ...
  
  











  



  
Big Book Of Trains11 reviews
DK Publishing

DK CHILDREN, 1998

Fabulous Train Book!

+ Awesome Train Book!
+ Typical DK, excellent photos!
+ For train lovers of ALL ages
+ Great Train Book
  
  











  



  
Red Caboose: A Little Lionel Book About Colors (Lionel Trains)2 reviews
June Doolittle

Little Simon, 1999

accurate representations of trains for reading to toddlers

+ Little Red Caboose Chug, Chug, Chug

This short board book is sure to be a hit with little train lovers. It is very sturdy and each 2-page spread depicts at least 2 train cars. Because this is a Lionel book, the illustrations of the various cars are very accurate and more detailed than other train board books that are on the market ...
  
  











  



  
Time Traveling (Lionel Trains)
Catherine Lukas

Little Simon, 2000
  
  











  



  
All Aboard!: Passenger Trains Around the World

Boyds Mills Press, 2006
  
  











  



  
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo96 reviews
Kevin Lewis

Hyperion Book CH, 1999

Great bedtime book for train lovers!

+ Great for Bedtime!
+ My children's favorite book
+ Chugga Chugga
+ Great Train Book!
  
  











  



  
The Little Engine That Could mini (Little Engine That Could)65 reviews
Watty Piper, George Hauman, ...

Grosset & Dunlap, 1990

a classic for me and for my kids

+ Great, classic story! Good for negative children who are always saying "I can't."
+ Great Classic Tale
+ Great story - timeless message
+ My son loves this book!
  
  











  



  
A Train Goes Clickety-Clack2 reviews
Jonathan London

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2007

Not just for boys

+ My 16 Month old son loves this!

My 15 month old daughter LOVES this book. It is currently her favorite book, and we read it about 3 times a day. I don't know if she likes the cadence of the text or the bright pictures. It's not a bad book - I think the end seems incomplete, and it drives me crazy that the text says that "the ...
  
  











  



  
I Dream of Trains (Golden Kite Awards (Awards))2 reviews
Angela Johnson

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2003

Poignant story with stunning artwork

+ Every moment I'm awake, I live another life

This story is such a wonderful book for any train-lover. Beautifully written, it is a sad, sweet tale of a boy's dreams of Casey Jones and the railroad. The illustrations are absolutely fantastic. I am a huge fan of Loren Long, the illustrator. His style is dramatic and amazing, and the art ...
  
  











  



  
That's Not My Train5 reviews
Fiona Watts

Usborne Publishing Ltd, 2008

Best baby book

+ That's My Book!
+ Usborne books are great
+ exceptionally well made board book
+ Bright bold colors and great textures!
  
  











  



  
I Love Trains!11 reviews
Philemon Sturges

HarperCollins, 2001

A must have

+ I Love Trains
+ Great book for the young train lover in your family
+ Great train book for young kids
  
  











  



  
Hey, Mr. Choo-Choo, Where Are You Going?
Susan Wickberg

Putnam Juvenile, 2008

This busy train is really going places! I’m puff-puff-puffin’ / In my smokesmoke- stack. / Bells are clang-clang-clangin’. / I’m on the good track! He has people and cargo to carry past cities and towns, through a tunnel, across bridges, and up and down hills as he click-clack-clicks all the way to a favorite destination—the seashore! With rhythmic verse that perfectly echoes the chugging of a ...
  
  











  



  
Freight Train/Tren de carga60 reviews

Rayo, 2003

The Freight Train Board Book

+ Wonderful early childhood book.
+ Freight Train/ Tren carga
+ Love it
+ A Children's Book Must-Read