Night Train

by Caroline Stutson

Book Overview

A majestic, streamlined locomotive sweeps into the pages of this striking picture book and a little boy climbs aboard for a nighttime journey. Through the countryside and on to the city, passing farms and houses and trucks on the highway, the journey is seen through the wide-open eyes of a child taking his first train trip.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761315985
• ISBN13: 9780761315988
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.8" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

All Aboard for a wonderful ride

Reading this beautifully illustrated poem about the pleasures of riding a passenger train through dusky country and lit up cities is enough to make one wish to go "all aboard!" The illustrations have a sense of motion, in elongated forms, and slightly out of focus distant viewpoints. The rhythm of the poetry adds to the feeling of the movement of the train. The colors are warm golds and oranges and greens, against cool blues and grays. The magic and romance of a train trip are very much in evidence here; let's hope that the children who read this book will have the chance to experience the reality of train travel as well.