Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo

PurchSed for 3yr old. Simple.for him to read along. An old favourite. Wasnt sure hed like the old fashiomed stule of.pictures etc but its been a bedtime favourite every night

My kid is a huge fan of the 'My truck is stuck' so buying another book from the author made sense. And I am not disappointed. The book is beautifully illustrated and if your little one is into trains...do not think twice - you should buy it... Another surprise element of this book was how the author has weaved 'going to bed' into the book. For days that my kid makes a huge racket about going to bed - we read this book together, he hugs his toy train and is off to sleep.

Great book! Simple, rhyming text is good for young kids, and the illustrations are cute. Our 2.5 year old loves it.

My Son is 2 1/2 now and loves his toy trains. I love that he loves trains because I've got a fascination with trains too (especially steam engines). As a parent, I know it's important to build a love of reading in my Son. But in order to do so the books have to hold his interest, otherwise he'll just go off to other things or just not pay attention...But the book has to hold MY interest too, or be fun to read aloud, otherwise he'll pick-up on my non-interest (because as any parent knows, toddlers can pickup on our feelings quite easily) and be uninterested as well. Something I like to do is that when we read together (for the books that he's familiar with) I let him finish the sentences usually having him say the last word in the sentence. This is kind of my gauge for whether he likes the book or not as well because if it's a book he likes we can easily go through it and get almost all the words. We just got the Hardcover version of Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo and it's already one of my absolute favorite books to read to my Son, and I have to admit the little kid in me loves it to. My Son keeps asking to read it again and again and he's already memorizing words, so I think I can safely say it's one of his favorites too. This book is a solid winner because it's great for both of us... For him: - Lots of vivid images and colors (especially of trains and train cars!) - Lots of chugga-chugga choo choo and Whooooo whooo sounds that he loves to hear and say - Fun rhymes that make him want to learn the words For me: - Lots of vivid images and colors that capture my imagination and makes me want to make setup a world like that to play in - All the chugga-chugga choo-choo and whoooo whooo sounds are great fun to say (in-time with the rhymes) and even greater fun to see the big smile on my Sons face - There's an underlying story of a young boy who's got his whole room setup with trains and the rhymes are told from the boys perspective while he's imagining that world of trains - The book can be read as a lullaby as the final pages can be read at a whisper because the little boy in the story is off to sleep Books like this make it easy to instill a love of reading, very highly recommended.

Mi hijo de 2 años no se separa de él, le ha encantado, son ilustraciones muy bonitas. Recomendable para niños amantes de trenes.

Great for the little train lover!! Very nice book made of heavy board pages so that it won't tear easily which is great with little kids!!