Slow Train to Oxmox

by Kurt Cyrus

Book Overview

"When Edwin Blink misses the fast train to Oxmox he's forced to take the slow train instead. Never has Edwin experienced a ride as pokey as this one...Cyrus wonderfully conveys the difficulties the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374370478
• ISBN13: 9780374370473
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Beautiful story and art

This book is a must read for my train loving 4 year old son, actually we were reading it to him when he was two. The story is just the right length and the pace moves along just like the train in question. It is a good story about learning to slow down and observe life. My wife and I have always admired Mr. Cyrus' watercolor art and look forward to his next releases. I especially recommend Odhopper Opera.

A must have favorite for any preschooler who love trains.

This has to rate up there with favorites such as Mike Mulligan and others. A great and easy book to read outloud. My three year old knows it by heart and "reads" along with me. Great Cuddle time book. He loves the pictures and the sound effects we make. A must have for any preschooler who love trains and fun stories! he had taken this book out so often at our local library, we decided to get him his own copy and give other kids a chance to enjoy it.

Beautiful and Imaginative

This author is brilliant. With the exquisite use of detail and color, he masterminds a story that has captivated my little ones from the day we bought this story. Kurt Cyrus also has another book, "Tangletown", that is actually his debut book and, like "Oxmox", is wondrous in its tale. He is one of the best I've seen (I teach kindergarten), and I cannot wait for another book of his to be published. I see this author as a future prize-winner for his illustrations, and cannot wait for another book of his to be published. Such talent!

A wonderful book for preschoolers!

Slow Train to Oxmox is a fantastic book for preschool-age children. The language and story are engaging, and the illustrations are beautiful and interesting. I enjoy looking at them as much as my 3-year-old! He never tires of the story. I can't recommend this book enough!

A perfect read-aloud book.

Oxmox,Loblolly and Twigtwist: all stops on a train ride full of sweetness and humor. This book is truly a delight to read aloud to your child. It is a favorite with our two year old son: we have read it with him many, many times in the last few months, but we haven't tired of it yet. The language is fun, the illustrations imaginative, and Mr. Edwin Blink learns to loosen up, help out, and enjoy big wet sloppy kisses from a train. Of all the recently published books I have seen in the past year, this one stands out as having the feeling of a "classic" in the little bedtime story genre. I wish the author much success.