Freight Train Board Book (Caldecott Collection) | Easily my son's favorite book

Freight Train Board Book (Caldecott Collection) | Great book for the little guys

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	Freight Train Board Book (Caldecott Collection) HarperFestival, 1996 - 26 pages average customer review:based on 61 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Easily my son's favorite book

I bought this book on a lark (based on a list published on this site and since my Grandpa was a train lover, I thought I'd give it a try.) What a stroke of luck. My 15 month old son has had this book read to him since he was 6 weeks old and he just loves it. It mesmerized him as much today as it did when he first read it. He is choosing the books we read to him now and this one is never refused. He now even says "gone" when the last page is turned. I'd say out of his lexicon of 20 or so words that he is using with confidence, "go", "gone", and "train" are a direct result of this book.

The illustrations are simple but enticing and the board book is very sturdy (but unfortunately not drool-proof, I am ordering another copy today because the first has become a casualty of the drooling caused by my son's teething.) Like many board books, this is just the right size for little hands to manipulate readily. I plan to put up a year one list and you can bet this book will easily be at the top.

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Great book for the little guys

If you are shopping for a book for the 4 and up crowd, this book may be written at too young of a level. The simple clear illustations and short passages (about 5 words per page) are great for teaching colors, the concepts of slow and fast and day and night. But if your little one has already mastered these ideas, then I would skip this book. My daughter loves this book now, but I know that she will quickly outgrow it.

an absolute favorite

of both my little boys. it helped my oldest with his colors and it became a soothing story to read at bedtime. my youngest has since claimed it as his own and goes through the motions with me as i read to him....going, going......gone!
love it!

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Sure to be a favorite!

This has been my son's (23 months old) FAVORITE book for 6+months! He loves it. We read it every night & several times throughout the day. He "reads" it by himself quite often too. We travel frequently and this is the one book that must always go with us.

The illustrations are wonderful. I highly recommend this book. It is now my favorite gift to give.

A very highly recommended "read-aloud story"

A Caldecott Honor Book, Freight Train/Tren De Carga is a bilingual English/Spanish picture book written by Donald Cres and enhanced with his starkly minimalist yet impressive color illustrations. Very simple phrases showing the inevitable journey of a freight train make Freight Train/Tren De Carga a very highly recommended "read-aloud story" to share with the very young just beginning to grasp their first words in both languages.

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