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He just laughed and laughed as he compared the books side by side. He started laughing the minute he saw the book. I sent 'Freight Train' to Joaquin, my 2 1/2 year old grandson, and he loves it. I think he is so smart at 2 1/2 to know that he all ready had the book and could find it (he has many books) and to be so interested in comparing it page by page and laugh the whole time. He ran to his book shelf and found a smaller edition of the same book. (I didn't know he all ready had the book). Joaquin is an amazing child and 'Freight Train' is the perfect book for him. Thank you Donald Crews for your wonderful book.
This is a simple presentation of the different cars on a freight train, with rhythmic text describing each car. It's a better board book than picture book, because for toddlers the bright colors and simple lines are very pleasing, but it might not hold the interest of older readers. This is good for the transition from looking at pictures to understanding stories, especially if the young reader can have exposure to a real train.
If you have a child that loves trains, then this book is a must have. This is hands down the best book about trains published for the preschool and under crowd.
I love the visuals of this book, which is why it is so frustrating that there is no narrative frame, the words don't flow off the tongue (e.g., "Red caboose at the back Orange tank car next Yellow hopper car"). Grammatically a train wreck, heh heh: periods are inconsistently used, capitalization is all over the map too. Not a good example for baby, in my view. Does HaarperCollins have any copy editors.
My 3 yr old grandson loves this book. The "story" is so simple but allows the reader many way of expanding the story through sound effects, color recognition, parts of the locomotive, parts of the track bed, speeding train sounds, it's going,. going,. gone.
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