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| Binding: Paperback |
| EAN: 9780590426947 |
| ISBN: 059042694X |
| Label: Scholastic Inc |
| Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc |
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| Product Group: Book |
| Publication Date: 1989 |
| Publisher: Scholastic Inc |
| Sales Rank on Amazon: 564,607 |
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Average Customer Review: 4.5
Total Customer Reviews: 2
25 out of 25 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 5
Summary: Simple, timeless classic for young engineers
With a few words and the most marvellous illustrations, Freight Train will take your child on a magical journey. Each page features a different part of the freight train in a bright color. Then the whole train moves through the countryside, faster and faster until the colors start to blur from the speed.
Several things make this simple book so effective. First, the bright colors are identified to help preschoolers learn them. Next, the different cars on the train are given names, so young engineers will recognize them when they see a real freight train. They are introduced to the engine and tender (in hard-working black), a hopper car, a tanker car, a flat car, and so on all the way to the red caboose in back.
Best of all, these are not simplistic little kid pictures. What I think makes this book so appealing is how detailed the train cars are. Every little rivet and brake hose is visible in these pictures despite the bright colors. I think our little engineers recognize that this is a REAL TRAIN BOOK even if the words are large and the sentences brief. I saw my son studying each car so intently, looking at all those little parts. Crews' drawings are absolutely remarkable, and our kids recognize QUALITY.
I can honestly tell you to buy this one sight unseen for your young train-lovers (ages 2-5).
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 4
Summary: Simple book for young train lovers
This book is a fun look at a freight train as it passes by. The book points out each of the elements of the train, naming the cars and the tender. Then it mentions some of the things that the train passes, and whoosh, before you know it, it is gone. It contains lots of good train vocabulary and pictures, but no plot to speak of. It is a short book, with only about 100 words- -good for kids with short attention spans.
