Trains. They whistle across the great distances and hold us spellbound by the mystery of where they have been and where they are going. Where is the child that does not love a train?

In this most endearing book are the most wonderful trains of all. From the first Plain Train that "goes in circles on the floor" to the Mean Green Train, the Dinosaur Train and the Rainbow train, get ready for a delightful journey.

"A Rainbow Train goes fishing in the land of ice and snow. Oh, wouldn't you like to travel where the Rainbow Trains can go? Or ride a big Sand Castle Train? Hoo-ray, Hoo-roo, Hoo-rah! Oh what a splendid sight to see a train you never saw."

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Reviews

A Train You Never Saw brings children into a new world.  They can travel to strange and wonderful places without leaving their chairs.  From mean monsters to scary dinosaurs to friendly whales, children can join the two bears on their journey up, down, and around the world.  A.B. Curtiss does an amazing job emphasizing important words of direction, excitement and movement by using capital letters to distinguish them from the rest.  “Hoo-RAY! Hoo-ROO! Hoo-RAH! Oh what a splendid sight to see a train you never saw!”  As well as the emphasis on specific words, her rhyme scheme is very appealing to young children.  It is a great book to use with beginner readers.  They are able to understand the story by comparing the text to the pictures.  Steve Bell is exceptional with matching the illustrations to the text.  The illustrations make the text come to life.  The reader feels as if he or she is riding the trains right alongside the bears!                Books for Kids Review

"This is the one book that, without doubt, I will ALWAYS have. The poetic versus and fantastic illustrations are so interesting to my kids. They have memorized the book because we have read it so many times. Really great book". ~ reader from Amazon.com

Details:

• Age Range: 2 - 6 years
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Oldcastle Publishing; 1998
• ISBN: 0932529747    
  

$20