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Sep 23, 2011
David
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Trainstop by Barbara Lehman is a wordless picturebook about a girl's fantastic trip on a train.
A girl boards a subway train in the city with her parents. After going through a tunnel, the train emerges in the country. The train is flagged down and the train whistle blows. With all the adults asleep, the girl leaves the train to discover a land of little people who need her help to rescue a toy airplane and pilot stuck in a large tree. After rescuing them, the train whistle sounds a More...
A girl boards a subway train in the city with her parents. After going through a tunnel, the train emerges in the country. The train is flagged down and the train whistle blows. With all the adults asleep, the girl leaves the train to discover a land of little people who need her help to rescue a toy airplane and pilot stuck in a large tree. After rescuing them, the train whistle sounds a More...
Apr 05, 2011
Lisa
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So, I read a worn library copy, too well read, hopefully due to multiple readings by kids who’ve love this book. There is a torn partial page at the end and I can’t tell but there may be a couple pages missing. Not good! I’m curious but not curious enough to try to borrow another copy; I got the gist of the story.
I liked this story. I recently read another wordless picture book by this author-illustrator and I have at least one more by her on reserve at the library.
I lov More...
I liked this story. I recently read another wordless picture book by this author-illustrator and I have at least one more by her on reserve at the library.
I lov More...
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Nov 23, 2011
Robert
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A wordless book. I thought of Gulliver's Travels with this story. A little girl is seen on a train looking out observing what is outside. She eventually gets off. A-ha!
The girl rescues a plane and some people. :) They are all happy.
The girl returns home via the train where her parents pick her up. She is shown to be smaller than the adults. D'oh!
Next, the people the girl helped arrive via the airplane and present her with a plant. The last we see is the plant More...
The girl rescues a plane and some people. :) They are all happy.
The girl returns home via the train where her parents pick her up. She is shown to be smaller than the adults. D'oh!
Next, the people the girl helped arrive via the airplane and present her with a plant. The last we see is the plant More...
Aug 07, 2009
Smizler
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a picture book depicting a small girls trip on a train with her parents. The adults all fall asleep and we are taken through the countryside where the little girl gets off the train in a village of very tiny people. She helps one of them get unstuck from a tree (along with their toy airplane). You wonder if it was all a dream or wishful thinking.
The illustrations were fun to see and my daughter enjoyed creating the story as we went along. We liked the ending. Ending reminded me of Th More...
The illustrations were fun to see and my daughter enjoyed creating the story as we went along. We liked the ending. Ending reminded me of Th More...
Oct 16, 2008
Susan
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0-7. Wordless story. What would happen if the train went somewhere other than it usually goes? This is what happens to a young girl who boards the train with her parents just like usual. However, the adults on the train seemingly fall asleep and when they emerge from a tunnel, rather than being in the midst of the city they are in the countryside. The train stops, the girl gets off where she is greeted by tiny people/chlidren who need her help getting a plane stuck out of a tree. Afterward
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Sep 17, 2011
Alice
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6. Personal Response: I quite enjoy this style of wordless picture book. While it is fantastical, it’s not totally wacky. Also, I love Lehman’s simple preciseness.[return]7. Connections: A wordless picture book unit would be nice. However, I’ve decided to snatch up all of my son’s wordless picture books and use them in my classroom as writing prompts.
Mar 19, 2011
Kerri
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I really enjoyed going through this book with one of my younger students. His interpretation of the story was very different from mine! The pictures provide a great transition from event to event during the story. This is a great book to use when trying to get students to rely on the picture to help decode the story.
Jul 28, 2011
Randie
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A little girl travels on a train with her parents through the city, a tunnel, and the countryside. She visits with tiny people and then returns to the train to return home.
Watercolor illustrations present a variety of views/angles and do a decent job of telling a visual story.
Watercolor illustrations present a variety of views/angles and do a decent job of telling a visual story.
Jan 21, 2010
Ashley
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This book is about a little girl who goes on a train ride. The pictures tell a story of all the different places a train could go, including a fantasy world! This book is full of great pictures and colors! It will keep your child guessing where the train will take her next!
Jan 02, 2009
Molly
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A wordless picture book depicting a young girl's (perhaps?) first ride on a train, leaving the city underground and emerging in the countryside. She meets a group of imaginary little people, who eventually leave her with a tree to plant in her urban yard.
Jun 30, 2010
Libby
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My 21-mo-old son really liked this. There are no words, which honestly bothers me, but there's not logical reason that it should. I just like to really know what the author intended when I read a book, but it's a cute story.
Sep 10, 2009
Amanda
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Wordless book. Fantasy may be better for older children than preschoolers who take everything at face value. He did seem interested in understanding each picture and how it moved to the next. Laid out like a cartoon I think is what prompted that.
Apr 06, 2009
Chak
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Another of these great (ages 4-7) wordless books from Barbara Lehman. Also see "Museum Trip" and "Rainstorm," and the books of David Weisener.
Aug 10, 2010
Cara
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Imaginative picture book. A nice change from the typical "train" book. The ending was great!
Jun 16, 2008
Gwen the Librarian
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When a little girl boards a subway car, she enjoys looking out the window. As the train goes faster, the landscape outside changes until the girl sees a land of miniature people. She gets off the train and goes to play with them. Was this just a dream or did it really happen? This is another beautiful wordless picture book from an award-winning author/illustrator.
May 06, 2011
Mrs Bond
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Girl and her family take a train ride. The train suddenly stops for a curious little man; everyone in the car is sleeping except the the girl. She sees and helps a community of very small people. Illustrations are simple; preschoolers could navigate this story with some assistance.
May 24, 2008
Roxanne Hsu
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For some reason, Trainstop is not as moving as last year's Rainstorm. Maybe the child does not come off as lonely and "suffering" from the stuffiness of her environment as the boy in the other book? I do like the miniature village/people component of the tale, of course!
Jun 18, 2008
Loren
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Trains! A wordless picture book. Illustrations are well done a very low key book in terms of storytime ... better as a one on one book ... for there are lots of things to discover & discuss. great book for train lovers ... unique
May 28, 2008
Emily
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Fabulous! We just discovered this latest little gem from Barbara Lehman, and I think it's so what I would've wanted to read at 5 or 6 years-old. Hazel asks me to read it again immediately after we close the cover.
Nov 02, 2008
Luann
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I love that you can't tell at the first that the people she is looking at out the train window are tiny - until she gets off of the train to help them.
Aug 16, 2008
Alamoliz
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Imaginative wordless book, about a little girl who helps some little people she sees from a train.
Jun 06, 2008
Rachel
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Wordless Picture book. Unique pictures but the story line is a little odd.
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