First sentence: Train ride! Bump-bump. Chug-chug. Slow. Faster. Faster. Off we go.
Premise/plot: A little boy goes on a train ride...at night. This picture book is told in rhyming verse.
My thoughts: I love, love, love, love, love the illustrations. I do. But I--as an adult who isn't particularly a train enthusiast--was disappointed with the rhythm and rhyme of the text. I guess part of me was hoping it would be more like Freight Train...only at night. This one does focus on colors--gray, black, red, blue, white, orange, purple, green, yellow.
Text: 3 out of 5
Illustrations: 5 out of 5
Total: 8 out of 10
© 2019 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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