My Little Train Satomi Ichikawa
Little Train toots along, taking all his passengers precisely where they want to go. “To the pond!” says the duck. “To the forest!” says the monkey. “To the mountain!” says the bear. But Little Kangaroo doesn’t say a word. He wants to go on an adventure with Little Train-adventure that leads him up a mountain, off a cliff, and back where he belongs: in his mama’s pocket.
This lovable and childlike picture book is perfective for train, toy and adventure lovers everywhere.
From School Library JournalPreS-Gr 1–The little train chugs into Central Station and picks up five passengers. Duck wants to go to the pond, Sheep to the field, Monkey to the forest, and Bear to the mountain. Little Kangaroo does not say a word. Off goes the train through the tunnel (a wooden chair), to the pond (a fish bowl), to the field (a painting of a poppy field), to the forest (a big potted plant), and to the mountain (the back of a sofa). With four passengers gone, Little Kangaroo says, “Bravo, Train.” Loving adventure, he has come along for the ride. The little train goes throughout the mountain (the sofa pillows) until it comes to a cliff (the edge of the sofa) and falls. Out hops Little Kangaroo, putting one car after another upright, and back they go to Central Station and the safety of his mama’s pocket. The simple, rhythmic text sounds like a train on the tracks, huffing, puffing, and chugging it is way around a comfortable living room strewn with toys and books. The realistic watercolor illustrations are done in soft hues and make good use of the white space in each spread. This tame adventure with it is ascertaining ending is remindful of Margaret Wise Brown’s Two Little Trains (HarperCollins, 2001). Young listeners will ask for it over and over again.–Mary Jean Smith, Southside Elementary School, Lebanon, TNĪ±(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a totally owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
From BooklistThe inside of a young child’s house is transformed into the wider world as a toy train drops off it is stuffed-animal passengers at the “pond” (a duck into a fishbowl), the “jungle” (a monkey into a potted plant), the “mountaintop” (a bear onto cushions on the couch), and more. The imaginative story is presumably told from a child’s point of view, though no child is pictured, permitting young readers and listeners to imagination themselves directing the action. Charming watercolor illustrations show the series of animals and stops, expanding the repetitive, engaging text, which likewise includes the sounds each animal makes. The old-fashioned look (no electronic toys; blocky typeface on the cover) is remindful of Watty Piper’s The Little Engine That Could (1930), and a clean internal design features lots of white space for clear, big black type. Trains and animals are both high-interest topics and are integrated seamlessly and enjoyably here. Preschool-Grade 1. –Diane Foote
About the AuthorSatomi Ichikawa lives in Paris, France. She is the illustrator of the progressed classic You Are My I Love You.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
 This wondrous adventurous book will widen the little “reader’s” eyes!
By D. Fowler
The little train, with it is smiling eyes, “goes chug chug chug, chugging into Central Station.” The little lamb with the blue bow races toward the train as monkey gleefully raises his arms in welcome. Roo peers out from behind a book as duck waddles toward the train and bear, lunch box in hand, struts measuredly toward the cars. Everyone tumbles into the cars, but monkey, who cheerfully sits atop the engine looking down into it is smiling eyes. The train is “Whoo whoo whooo,” ready to go and will journeying wherever it is passengers command.
0 of 1 humans found the following review helpful.
 My Little Train
By Teresa R. Cullen
My grand-nephew is a train enthusiast, and has a home very much like the topsy-turvy one depicted in this sweet little book. He loved it.
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