Steam Train, Dream Train 1-2-3 (Steam Train, Dream Train)

This spin-off of Rinker and Lichtenheld's bestselling Steam Train, Dream Train takes readers from one to 10 as they check out the activities taking place in a string of train cars. The events pictured in Lichtenheld's humorously detailed images aren't always terribly sleep-inducing--three rabbits bounce on a bed, four turtles pretend to drive race cars on a rack--but Rinker's soothing rhymes exert a steady, calming presence: "Two squirrels stack six balls up high, / two other balls go flying by," she writes as kangaroos play basketball in a hopper car. Available simultaneously: Steam Train, Dream Train Colors. Up to age 2. Agent: Amy Rennert, Amy Rennert Agency. (Mar.)