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Two Little Trains
Puff, Puff, Puff
Chug, Chug, Chug
Two little trains are heading West. One is a shiny, streamlined train, moving fast. The other is a little old train, moving not so fast. Both will travel through long dark tunnels, through snow and dust. What else can they have in common? Much more than you think
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
October 1st 2003
by HarperTrophy
(first published 1949)
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This is a re-illustrated version of a largely forgotten Margaret Wise Brown book. If you google you can find one or two of the original images floating around, if you're curious.
In THIS version, the second little train (as you can see on the cover) is a toy train. The writing is simply repetitive, just right for little children, and the connection between what the real train is doing and what the toy train is doing is sweet and imaginative.
Two things bugged me, one very m...more
In THIS version, the second little train (as you can see on the cover) is a toy train. The writing is simply repetitive, just right for little children, and the connection between what the real train is doing and what the toy train is doing is sweet and imaginative.
Two things bugged me, one very m...more
This is a poem of two little trains, a "streamlined train" and a "little old train", "going west."
The marvelous illustrations transform this rather dull poem into a story, and tell the story pictorially far better than the text does.
The pictures tell the story of two trains, one a sleek passenger train, the other a toy train. The movement of the real train is echoed in the imaginary scenarios featuring the toy train being played with at home...more
The marvelous illustrations transform this rather dull poem into a story, and tell the story pictorially far better than the text does.
The pictures tell the story of two trains, one a sleek passenger train, the other a toy train. The movement of the real train is echoed in the imaginary scenarios featuring the toy train being played with at home...more
According to the Boolynite review, the 1949 version of Two Little Trains by Margaret Wise Brown had a boy driven train (streamlined and blue) and a girl driven train (smaller and pink). For the 2003 re-issue, new artwork was commissioned.
Although the artwork is new it is done in a retro style reminiscent of the late 1940s. The streamlined train depicted is the short of engine you'd see pulling trains across the country back then. The toy train is a clearly a wooden toy which in itsel...more
Although the artwork is new it is done in a retro style reminiscent of the late 1940s. The streamlined train depicted is the short of engine you'd see pulling trains across the country back then. The toy train is a clearly a wooden toy which in itsel...more
One of Margaret Wise Brown's lesser known works. The two little trains of the title are actually one real train on a long journey westward, and a small toy train on a journey around a house. The story is from 1949, but in the copy I read the illustrations were from 2001- although they certainly captured a mid-20th century feel with the illustrations. I really like the comparison of the two trains, but the story as such didn't work that well for me.
The book follows two trains, one steamlined train and one wooden toy train. The trains go on parallel adventures all across the country as they venture ever west in a very satisfying read. The text has an obvious rhythm that follows the "chuga-chuga" sounds associated with trains to better entertain the reader. I found the book to be well done and I can easily see why it has continued to be published for years. Not my favorite though.
Brown’s simple poem about trains traveling west is beautifully re-illustrated by the Dillons, who show the parallels between the two trains on a the recto and verso pages: one a silver bullet train zooming through the countryside, the other tiny toy train chugging through a quiet house. The poem’s rhythm is a bit awkward in places but overall reflects the chug-a-chug rhythm of a train hurtling down the tracks. This book is suitable primarily for preschoolers and kindergarteners, who will have fu...more
Absolutely wonderful! Not as well known as Goodnight Moon or Runaway Bunny, which makes it a good baby gift - the chances are pretty good that the parents won't already have received a copy.
The two little trains in question are a real train and a toy train. The text has the same soothing lilt to it that Brown's other books have, and the illustrations are beautiful.
The two little trains in question are a real train and a toy train. The text has the same soothing lilt to it that Brown's other books have, and the illustrations are beautiful.
I LOVE Goodnight Moon, so got this book since it was by the same author. My little three year old loves it and it is fun to read, but I didn't quite like it as much as goodnight moon. But, it is fun to see the trains go into the west.
We absolutely loved the parallel of the small toy train and the large steamer. The boys squealed with joy over the toy train going over the river (bathtub) and through the rain (shower). Love the imagination!
We absolutely loved the parallel of the small toy train and the large steamer. The boys squealed with joy over the toy train going over the river (bathtub) and through the rain (shower). Love the imagination!
excellent book--uses images of a toy train in situations around the house that mimic the scenery of real trains riding the rails around the country. very simple language--suitable for the very young.
Two trains, one a shiny real steamlined train and one a small toy train, are heading west.
My kids love to compare the page spreads with the real train and the toy train and the places they go.
My kids love to compare the page spreads with the real train and the toy train and the places they go.
emil, who has been reading this one to indio, is not a big fan and says his made up story is better than the one m.w. brown wrote. indio and emil love the illustrations though.
This book introduces ordinal directions and also introduces different weather and landforms. The train travels through multiple seasons and to all different kinds of land.
Hand-me-down from the cousins. Another odd Margaret Wise Brown book. The rtains are supposedly moving west, and yet all the illustrations move from left to right.
Hand-me-down from the cousins. Another odd Margaret Wise Brown book. The rtains are supposedly moving west, and yet all the illustrations move from left to right.
Hand-me-down from the cousins. Another odd Margaret Wise Brown book. The rtains are supposedly moving west, and yet all the illustrations move from left to right.
This book is so cute and Trenton likes it each time we read it. This last time he really liked looking at how the toy train was "pretending" to be like the big train.
This did not appeal to my two year old. She didn't even want to look at it and when we finally read it together it was so boring. No Goodnight Moon.
This is a cute book that shows the greatness of children's imaginations. Frankly, I'd expect nothing else from Margaret Wise Brown.
Very poetic, short story (about two lines per page), illustrations were fabulous. My son didn't want to put this one down.
A toy train and real train head west. Of course, it was a hit at our house-- anything trains!
Love this train book. I especially like the illustrator's interpretation of the story.
Another train favorite for my little guy!
Go west with your imagination
This lyrical text combined with beautiful illustrations is a hit with my little guy. Not-I-think-we-should-own-it-incredible, but a solid library multiple check out.
Sept 2008: Now that we are more than half way through the recommended reading list on trains and have little to inspire, this book is looking stronger with every check out. Maybe it will go into the ownership catagory after all? We'll see.
Sept 2008: Now that we are more than half way through the recommended reading list on trains and have little to inspire, this book is looking stronger with every check out. Maybe it will go into the ownership catagory after all? We'll see.
Not my favorite Margaret Wise Brown book, but not bad; I just didn't like the resolution of the story shown through the artwork. It looks like both trains will reach a similar destination at the end, but they don't. Why don't they? Maybe it's a good discussion point with young children, but they may not "get it" either.
I didn't get it, to the west.
True, it's by Margaret Wise Brown, to the west.
But that shouldn't be a free pass to the west.
I thought the parallel between the two trains was interesting... to the west.
... I guess poetry is easier to write when every last word is the same word... to the west.
True, it's by Margaret Wise Brown, to the west.
But that shouldn't be a free pass to the west.
I thought the parallel between the two trains was interesting... to the west.
... I guess poetry is easier to write when every last word is the same word... to the west.
Of course anything by Margaret Wise Brown is wonderful, but train lovers will especially appreciate this book. The big stream lined train and the little toy wooden train are both heading west on a trip to the ocean. Lovely illustrations.
real train and toy train side by side. may be good story time book for thomas and friends.
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Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Even though she died nearly 60 years ago, her books still sell very well.
Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the st...more
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Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the st...more
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