I Love Trains! | Philemon Sturges

I Love Trains! | Philemon Sturges | Great train book for young kids

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I Love Trains!

	I Love Trains! Philemon Sturges HarperCollins, 2001 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A follow-up to the successful I Love Trucks!, this rhymed picture book introduces the preschool set to trains and the jobs they do.

A must have

My 2 1/2 year old son has loved this book for over a year, and has it completely mesmorized. I have taped the pages so many times, I am going to have to break down and by another one. The inside cover naming all the diffent types of train cars is awesome. You have to have this book, it is THE BEST.

Great train book for young kids

I bought this book as a Christmas present for my 3 year old nephew who loves trains. He was so excited about this book! We read each page together, me reading and pointing to the words and then him reading while I pointed to the words. The text is so simple that after we read the book once, he practically had it memorized and was really impressed that he could "read" the book. As a Kindergarten teacher, I know that this is one of the first steps to actually reading, so I was very pleased that this book could offer this for him. Also, the page with the "secret stuff" seemed to be a space shuttle or airplane, covered with an American flag. At least that's what I thought, and my nephew (who also loves space stuff and airplanes) thought the same.
I also got the book "This Train" to go with this book and I would give it 5 stars as well.

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Great book for the young train lover in your family

I stumbled upon this one at my local library. This is a cute poem about train lovers and it has large childlike pictures. There's even additional information about trains on the back and front inside covers which is cool. My son loves the rhymes and insists on me reading the facts and points out things he knows about trains. This inside cover facts are great way for engaging your child about trains, outside of the story itself.

BTW: The "secret stuff under wrap" is a space shuttle, not a weapon as the one reviewer thought. It's a children's book after all! Don't let one clueless reviewer's comments deter you from a great book. Check it out at your local library and see for yourself ... and then buy a copy.

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I loved it but...

I bought this book for my three-year old nephew, who is a serious train-lover. I was delighted with the simple, rhyming text and the comparison of the different uses of engines. i was, however, a little taken aback by the page that depicts what appears to be an American missile (too small to be a spaceship)on a journey to a destination unknown. The description of "secret stuff that's under wrap" also made me think of a weapon. I felt really uncomfortable giving this to my nephew, and ultimately decided not to. An almost perfect book! It was a shame.

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crude but informative

This books' illustrations are crude and unimpressive. So is the writing which attempts to rhyme pleasantly but fails. HOWEVER, I learned what the different types of cars are called and what roles they provide behind the engine. I've enjoyed talking about that with my son (20 mos) who LOVES trains. I don't read the text to my son--I just improvise and point things out. You would do better to learn some interesting facts about trains and get a different book. I highly recommend "chugga-chugga choo-choo" by Kevin Lewis with pictures by Daniel Kirk. I got it at the same time and it is a BIG hit. And by the way "chugga-chugga choo-choo" by Kevin Lewis is also an excellent bedtime story. It starts out exciting and active like "good night moon" and slows down and the illustrations become calmer and darker at the end when everyone goes to sleep after the big day.

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