Wake Up, Freight Train!

by Danna Smith (Author) Jon Andersen (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

Hop aboard this train-shaped board book that introduces each car of a freight train during a nighttime adventure!


Blow the train whistle,

shovel more coal.

Here we go, freight train!

Get ready to roll!

Toot-toot goes the horn,

Blink-blink go the lights,

Clang-clang goes the bell,

all through the night.

Featuring all the cars of a freight train, this board book is perfect for young readers who love trains! And since freight trains ride at night, there are adorable sleepy animals throughout for little ones to find.

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Toddler-PreS-Bound to be popular with young ones who like trains, these witty rhymes tell readers of each freight car's function as they roll past on an all-night journey. The book's lulling rhythm, like a clicking-clacking track, is fitting for bedtime as darker illustrations reveal sleepy animals watching the train chug by. VERDICT This is surprisingly soothing fare, and sure to be a winding down favorite.

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Danna Smith
Danna Smith is a poet and award-winning author of numerous books for children, including One Blue Gnu; Rooftop Garden; Wake Up, Freight Train!; and several Little Golden Books. Her nonfiction picture book, The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry, received two starred reviews and is a Junior Library Guild Selection and a Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year. Danna currently lives in northern California, where she is hard at work on her next book. For more information about her books and teaching activities, visit her website at DannaSmithBooks.com.

Teagan White is an artist and author who creates playful watercolor scenes of the natural world and the friendly creatures who inhabit it. Teagan lives in Oregon, enjoys visiting seagulls at the beach, and has illustrated nine picture books. Find out more at TinyMothStudios.com.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781534492516
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Little Simon
Publication date
March 29, 2022
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV009000 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | General
JUV041050 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Railroads & Trains
Library of Congress categories
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