Peek-A-Choo-Choo!

by Marie Torres Cimarusti, Stephanie Peterson (Illustrations)

Here for the first time is a book about vehicles for toddlers in the same format as the highly successful Peek-a-Moo! and Peek-a-Boooo! Preschoolers will love lifting the oversize flaps to play peek-a-boo with cars, planes, submarines, and, of course, trains. Guess who? Peek-a-toot-toot! honks the tugboat. Guess who? Peek-a-vroom-vroom! revs the race car. With its playful text and bright and friendly illustrations, Peek-a-Choo-Choo! is the perfect introduction to ?things that go? for the youngest traveler.

Genres: Picture Books, Transport, Trains, Childrens, Storytime, Fiction

12 pages, Hardcover

First published October 18, 2007

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, but you have to be careful with grabby hands on weak peek flaps on this one. I was hoping it was a choo-choo book, but it was all transportation.

My son wasn't interested at first, but after reading it aloud in his hearing, he was intrigued by the "3-2-1 blast off" and looked at it on his own. I think the illustrations may have looked a little too elementary compared to others we've read, but sounds usually do help.

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grabbed this from the storytime closet for Movement storytime. Didn't have time to go through it before hand, but I figured I would be OK. The kids loved the transportation, and making their respective noises. And lift-the-flaps are always successful.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just meh. Not ask entertaining and her other "Peek-a-" books, but maybe that's because transportation stuff has never thrilled me. The toddlers at my story time will probably like this one better than I do.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute book that would be great for kids who love things that go. Be careful with younger kids though, the flaps might be too much temptation.

[Spike's Place · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Vicki Nemeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

A fragile book does not function as play book for toddlers. There are flaps that you lift to find objects, but anybody in the book's age group will easily tear them. A book like this should be made out of sturdy cardboard; these do exist.

I'm not even sure if I should credit the concept, considering how closely the cover resembles the Thomas book, "Choo-Choo, Peek-A-boo," but I suppose I'll give it the benefit of the doubt until I have a chance to confirm whether the Thomas book is really similar on the inside.

[Ariel Cummins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of forms of transportation and crazy sounds in this lift-the-flap.

Very bright illustrations with lots of blues, oranges, purples, and greens. More cartoon-y than realistic, although all of the forms of transport are very recognizable.

Great book for story time if you are in to making crazy noises! You could easily clip some pages if it's too long.

[Vivian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story works especially well for the youngest children. There are lift-the-flaps (peek-a-boo game), picture, word, & rhyming clues (guessing game), and all types of transportation that make noises (sounds and actions game).

[Allison · Rating 1 out of 5]

Different forms of transportation play peek-a-boo

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great storytime read!! A couple challenging vehicles to guess, which will appeal to preschoolers, but simple enough to use with toddler storytimes.

[Lindsay · Rating 2 out of 5]

transportation, lift-the-flap

[Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023) · Rating 1 out of 5]

1* art
1* concept

[Camille · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shows different vehicles and the sounds they make with flaps. Great way to get little ones to make some sounds other than animals

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wheels and rudders, tracks and wings-- vroom-vroom, toot-toot, choo-choo, ping!. Things that go from here to there say, "We'll play peek-a-boo anywhere!

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lift the flap book about vehicles and the sounds they make. Any age group.