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The Little Engine That Could: The Complete, Original Edition (A Platt & Munk Classic)
Watty Piper, Doris Hauman
Grosset & Dunlap, 1978
a classic for me and for my kids
This is a book I thoroughly enjoyed as a child. I began to borrow it from the library for my own two boys and decided, finally, to order one from Amazon for my son's birthday. We returned the borrowed book to the library the day before his birthday and there were ...
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
Scholastic Press, 2007
Beautiful Storytelling
"The Invention of Hugo Cabret" takes place in Paris, in the early 20th century. It tells the tale of an orphan named Hugo who secretely lives in a train station and fixes the clocks, unbeknownst to the stationmaster. Hugo is not just an ordinary boy however. In ...
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Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks
Margaret Sutherland, Sonja Lamut
Grosset & Dunlap, 2000
What is your child thankful for? Read & find out!
This is one of those special books that involve your children and actually makes them think about what are they thankful. For me Thanksgiving is a holiday where family and friends gather around a table full of wonderful food and this is where this book starts. I like ...
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The Night Before Thanksgiving (Reading Railroad Books)
Natasha Wing
Grosset & Dunlap, 2001
A must read with kids before those Thanksgiving gatherings
The author of this book Natasha Wing does a fantastic job describing what a traditional Thanksgiving time is like before and after!!! It's is reminiscent of what Thanksgiving is like at my in-laws house! Both me and my children thoroughly enjoyed reading this book ...
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The Goodnight Train
June Sobel
Harcourt Children's Books, 2006
So good you will read it every day
Awesome book my son reads it every day great pictures need more books like this
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Hop on Pop (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))
Dr. Seuss
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2004
Big thumbs-up from our 16-month-old girls
Our 16-month-old twin girls have a vocabulary of four words: Ma-ma, Da-da, ba-ba (bottle), and "Pop!" That's what they say when they see this book come out for their bedtime story. They love the pictures and the sound of the words. They look and listen with ...
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The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg
Houghton Mifflin, 1985
Another outstanding Van Allsburg treat!
What can one say about an illustrator like Van Allsburg? The Polar Express is almost not a children's story but for the child with a vivid imagination (and may there still be a few in existence!!) they will identify with the little boy who travels in his dreams by the ...
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The Story about Ping (Reading Railroad Books)
Marjorie Flack
Grosset & Dunlap, 2000
Don't Take it so Seriously
People who find this book cruel are taking it too seriously. Most of all, this book has been loved by all 5 of my children. It is clever and fun, and has a happy ending. I plan to continue reading it to children and maybe someday grandchildren.
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Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo
Kevin Lewis
Hyperion Book CH, 2001
Great bedtime book for train lovers!
My 2 year old son loves this book. He's loved it since he was about 9 months old. It's rhyming and fun to read out loud with bright and interesting illustrations. Sure to be a hit for any boy who loves trains!
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar
Paul Theroux
Houghton Mifflin, 2008
ghost train to the eastern star
Anyone who enjoyed Paul Theroux's "The Great Raiway Bazaar" will find this book a faszinating read.In his attempt to retrace the train journey he undertook more than 30 years ago we learn about the great changes Europe and Asia have undergone ,and the changes he ...
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Henry's Freedom Box (Caldecott Honor Book)
Ellen Levine
Scholastic Press, 2007
Spare story of one man's struggle against slavery
This story documents the slavery and eventual freedom of one man. Henry and his brothers and sisters work for a good master. However, on his deathbed, the master gives Henry to his son, separating Henry from the rest of his family forever. Henry works well in the ...
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My Big Train Book (My Big Board Books)
Roger Priddy
Priddy Books, 2003
Great Pictures
This book has gone through two of my sons. Fantastic for the 'little' train lover with clear colourful pictures.
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Transit Maps of the World
Mark Ovenden
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Dream fulfilled!
This book fulfills one of my top dreams -- to be more exact, I could not have dreamed of such a book! Reading maps and riding subways have been two of my favorite hobbies, and it is definitely awesome to see more than 200 cities' urban transit maps juxtaposed and ...
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The Great Railway Bazaar
Paul Theroux
Mariner Books, 2006
A peerless and unforgettable travel narrative
This fabulous account of getting on the train in London and riding trains (including the decrepit Orient Express) through Europe, across Asia as far east as Japan, then looping back to Europe on the Trans-Siberian, is not a bit dated, even though it was first ...
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Shortcut
HarperTrophy, 1996
high drama for young children!
One of the things I love about Shortcut is that it gives young children a chance to be scared/tense (like adults enjoying John Grisham or a suspenseful movie) in a way that isn't like to keep them awake later! I used to teach four-year-olds, and, if read with ...
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