The Goodnight Train Hardcover Author: Visit Amazon's June Sobel Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0152054367 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K–This bedtime story is likely to strike a chord with young listeners. A gentle, rhyming text intersperses train noises with a getting-ready-for-bed routine with a railroad-inspired theme. Brightly colored cartoon illustrations picture children in their beds being pulled along by the engine. They ride through tunnels, over bridges, and past fields of sheep. The words flow fairly well, with only a few minor skips, and the sounds mixed with bedtime sounds (Rock-a, rock-a, rock-a, rock-a–Shhhhhhhhhhh! Shhhhhhhhhhh!) will delight youngsters and have them chiming in. The acrylic-and-collage artwork curves around the spreads and encourages page turns. Clever backgrounds, including a sign that declares, Dreamland 20 winks ahead, ensure that there is plenty to look at, and the journey ends effectively with the children asleep and the words, Good night, train./Good night. Libraries in need of more train or bedtime books will find this a useful and enjoyable addition.
–Amy Lilien-Harper, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CTCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
About the Author
JUNE SOBEL is the talented author of B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC, illustrated by Melissa Iwai, and Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC, illustrated by Henry Cole. She lives in Westlake Village, California.
LAURA HULISKA-BEITH has illustrated many popular books for children, including The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill and Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri.
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- Age Range: 4 - 8 years
- Grade Level: Preschool - 3
- Lexile Measure: 350L (What's this?)
- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers (September 1, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0152054367
- ISBN-13: 978-0152054366
- Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 9.2 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
My toddler adore trains and we have quite the collection of train books. Due to the positive feedback this book received, I purchased a copy for him. After the first reading, I wasn't impressed but wasn't sure why so I decided to withhold judgment until further readings. I've finally decided why I don't like this book; the rhyme and rhythm are often interrupted, the overall storyline isn't solid, sending mixed messages, and rather than enhance and bring clarity to the story, the illustrations serve to further confuse the reader and leave a disconnect between the text and pictures.
The gist of the story is that a train is getting ready to take a trip, at the end of which it may sleep. The train cars are actually beds that are filled with children in pajamas, who take a ride on the train. At first, the porter tells the children to close their eyes as the train gets ready to roll, however a few pages later they "roll the corner, rock the curve, blankets bounce with every swerve," and all the kids are wildy awake, as they would be on a roller coaster. They bounce up in their beds as if they are about to fall off, yet the text says "Shhhhhhhhhhh! Shhhhhhhhhh!" as if this were soothing.
More confusing and out of sync elements:
The train is filled with coal resembling cookies that some of the characters are seen eating. For me, cookies and bedtime routines don't mix.
The text is written about the train, but the illustrations are about the children riding the train.
The train, which is clearly a passenger train filled with children, is called a "freight train" in the text.
In the center of the book there are two pages without text, just illustration, but the illustration neither furthers the storyline nor stands out well enough on its own.
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