The Little Book of Train Stories

Usborne Farmyard Tales (Numbered) #17-20

by Heather Amery, Stephen Cartwright (Illustrator)

Poppy and Sam Boot, along with their mother and Rusty the dog, have adventures involving the steam train and the local animals.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Trains, Audiobook

64 pages, Hardcover

First published December 20, 1999

About the author

Heather Amery was born and brought up in Bath, Somerset. Heather has written over a hundred books for children, including alphabet books, science and history books, craft books, classical fairy tales, a series for beginner readers called Farmyard Tales, Usborne Bible Tales, and Greek Myths.

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

My questions surrounding Mr. Boot overshadow any other comments I have about this book. Why does he only appear only once? Why is he helping the train driver “just for today” anyway? Is he really lucky to be doing so? These are questions that my fellow reader and I ask ourselves every day when we read this book. “It’s a mystery” is our conclusion.

[Amanda Novak]

Just own the audiobook of this selection of short Train Stories.

[Beau Manglass · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

Cute but not enough train content! These are like farm stories with a side of train

[Trina · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kids love this book. While reading the stories you can find a tiny duck hidden on every page.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book about trains that didn't capture little boy blue's attention... can't be that good.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short stories for early readers. Would be good for kids who like trains and farms especially.