Freight Train Trip!: A Lift-the-Flap Adventure

by Susanna Leonard Hill, Ana Martín Larrañaga (Illustrator)

The freight train’s pulling from the yard.
The locomotive’s working hard.
“Safe trip!” calls the station master.
Chugga chugga, the train rolls faster.

Susanna Leonard Hill's rhythmic text and Ana Martin Larranaga's simple but enticing art will take young readers on an adventurous freight train trip! Kids can lift the10 flaps throughout the book to make their reading experience more fun! This interactive book that's shaped like a freight train is perfect for young children who are going on a train for the first--or the one-hundredth--time!

12 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Susanna is the New York Times Bestselling Author of MOON'S FIRST FRIENDS: ONE GIANT LEAP FOR FRIENDSHIP, and the award-winning author of over 25 more books for children, including PUNXSUTAWNEY PHYLLIS, CAN'T SLEEP WITHOUT SHEEP, and the popular WHEN YOUR LION NEEDS A BATH series. Her books have been translated into French, Dutch, German, Turkish, Japanese, and Chinese. Susanna lives in New York's Mid-Hudson Valley with her children and her two rescue dogs. She loves chocolate, animals, and being outdoors.Please visit her website at www.susannahill.com and "Like" Susanna Leonard Hill on Face Book!

Reviews

[Meghan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Truly one of the most bizarre board books I've ever read. A train trip almost turns into a disaster when two trains narrowly avoid crashing into each other because Switchman Jack IS READING THE NEWSPAPER. Most kids probably will enjoy the colorful trains and ignore the carnage lurking around the bend, but there have to be other train board books out there that don't include an undercurrent of mortal peril.

[Liane Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Category: Lift-the-Flap Board Book

Age: 1-3+ years

Synopsis: In this charming lift-the-flap book, a train hauls lumber, toys, and more safely to the western shore.

Bilingual benefit: From the author of Airplane Flight!, this delightful book is filled with snappy rhymes, cheerful illustrations, and a dash of suspense. Like the airplane book, this train book has a lot of sound words (bells clang, rails hum, a whistle wails, and the train goes chugga chugga choo choo). The illustrations also fit very well with the text and the flaps keep little ones engaged.

Availability in Israel: While this book is not available in Israel, it can be ordered online at Amazon.

Previewing the book: While the book is not available for preview on Amazon, a video featuring excerpts of the book can be found on the author’s website and on Goodreads.

Lil guy: A train carrying lumber is always interesting.

Mama: Highly recommended. I would buy this again and for a friend, especially a train lover. The only caveat to my recommendation is that parents should be aware that the plot centers on two trains nearly colliding, although all works out well in the end.

[Terry]

My 2 year old LOVED this book! He LOVED lifting the flaps and predicting what would "happen" when the flap flipped. The light turns from yellow to red! The box car door opens to unload the cargo! What tremendous FUN! He asked for it every night! My 4 year old liked this book a lot, too, but, being nearly 5 years old.

I loved the really creative flaps. They added great action to the story (the train tracks switching, the gate closing, etc.).

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a boardbook, full of descriptive words pertaining to trains. This is a good book to introduce trains to your little one. Even explaining how the tracks separate to keep trains from crashing into one another on a level for a little one.