Peek-A-Choo-Choo!

by Marie Torres Cimarusti

Preschoolers will love lifting the oversize flaps to play peek-a-boo with cars, planes, submarines, and, of course, trains, in this fun book with playful text and bright and friendly illustrations. Full color.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525478426
• ISBN13: 9780525478423
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 12 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.2" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 2 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

Oversized flaps for little hands and curious minds

Reviewed by Regan Windsor and Carter (age 3) for Reader Views (6/08) Part of the "Peek" series by Marie Torres Cimarusti, "Peek-A-Choo-Choo!" teaches toddlers all about the noises that race cars and tugboats and submarines and fire trucks and trains make. There are also airplanes and rockets that blast in the air. Then a special surprise at the end - toot toot - it's the ice cream truck! "Peek-a-Choo-Choo!" uses the repetition of "Guess who? Peek-a-" followed by an oversized flap partially hiding a form of transportation. My son Carter (age 3) has lots of fun guessing what is hiding under the big flaps. One day the "3-2-1 Blast Off Rocket" is the favorite the next day it might be the "urr-urrrrrrrrrrr! shrieking fire truck" or the "vroom, vroom! revving racecar." Whatever the day, he can't wait to get to the very back where two pages of little flaps list all the noises, allowing him to guess what vehicle is hiding underneath! "Peek-a-Choo-Choo" is a fabulous oversized book full of lots of bright colors and bold illustrations. It continues to take many trips off the shelf and is surviving the reading and re-reading with ease. The large sturdy flaps are enduring much better than some of our other flap books, as are the sturdy pages, and high quality hardcover. The interaction, repetition, bold illustrations and high quality make this a highly recommended book and great gift idea for toddlers and preschoolers.

So cute!

I love this book, the latest in a great series! Toddlers are so drawn to the lift a flap type books and these are so sturdy and friendly-- this whole series is great for babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

A Fun Book for Toddlers

I borrowed this book from the library for my two year old daughter and she loved it. She said she will ask Santa Claus to give her "the choo-choo book" this Christmas. The book is fun and toddlers will recognize some of the objects in the book such as the train, car, and boat. My daughter enjoyed when I explained what rockets and submaries are and the noises they make. The book was easy for her to memorize and she often "reads" the book to her stuffed animals. Of course, she enjoys lifting the flaps to see the different hidden objects (for example, the train is hidden behind a shrub, the plane is hidden behind clouds, and the submarine is hidden behind fish). Based on this book, I will purchase other "Peek-A" books by this author.