![]() ![]() The Turkeybird Speaks: "Now this is the part where I tell you to pull up a chair and your favorite snack so you can settle into a great book. The review above is from a longer blog post about great books for kids who really love trains. I review books for children from the perspective of a parent of kids with autism. For a child with autism who fixates on trains, and may not be as socially inclined, it's good to see how trains connect to people. The caboose is last."īut what makes this book special for all its simplicity is how unusual it is for a book like this to be so filled with people-passengers riding trains, workers fixing the track, an engineer driving the train, passengers waiting at the station, and a conductor helping them board. ![]() It's easy to point to the pictures and deliver the clear, declarative text like "Here are the freight cars. What's great about this book's text is its use of full, descriptive sentences that still keep the economy of words to a minimum. The cartoon-like nature of the book makes Trains perfect book for playing I Spy, because without being too cluttered there are lots of setting elements that pop out. The illustrations are high-contrast and favor primary colors, and so grab attention easily. This little board book is an old classic that many 80s children will remember instantly from their own childhoods. ![]()
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