Chugga Chugga Choo Choo

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Summary: A great rhyming, chime-in read-along about TRAINS!
Review: "Sun's up, morning's here. Up and at 'em, engineer!" After one reading, this became my 2-yr-old son's favorite book. He loves to chime in with the last line of verse on each page. As a train fanatic, he loves seeing all the parts of the toy train and making the Whooo Whooo sounds. As a parent, I find the setting in a child's room (rather than in the outdoors) very refreshing. Morning, naptime, bedtime, we are probably reading this book.

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Summary: attention getter
Review: I definately think this book deserves five stars! The colors and pictures are so bright and fun they will catch even an adults attention. The words are catchy and repetitive witch is great when your trying to read to busy toddlers or in my case children with special needs. Those of you who know or have children with special needs know that your lucky just to get them to listen to the first five pages. However I got this book at the library and read it to my little two year old brother who has autism and he sat through the whole book and then wanted "more more". The sounds are also good practice for little ones the Choo Choo sound and Whoo Whoo,my little brother who can say very little was running all over the house saying choo choo and whoo whoo. I was very impressed with this book and am going to buy it right away!

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Summary: A MUST HAVE FOR ANY BOY OR GIRL AGE BIRTH TO 3
Review: If you're having a baby or if you have a toddler you must have this book. My daughter (age 3) loves it and I love reading it to her. I sit her on my lap and bounce her up and down to the rhythm of Chugga Chugga Choo Choo (and I add extra Chugga Chugga Choo Choo's while I turn the page so that the rhythm never stops).

It's got such a sweet ending, I start drawing out the Chugga Chugga's at the end and yawn "Sleepy Sleepy Choo Choo Till Tomorrow".

The illustrations are adorable. This would be a great shower gift, it's just so much fun to read.

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Summary: My toddler's favorite bedtime book
Review: My two year old loves trains, and he loves this book. He received it three days ago and has requested a reading every hour. The text is simple, but the illustrations are so vibrant and full that it holds up (for the adults) over numerous readings. I think another appeal for children is the use of familar toys as characters throughout. I cannot thank his auntie enough for this gift.

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Summary: fantatic book, great for nap/sleepy time
Review: Not only is this well-illustrated and easy-to-follow for the toddler set but the ending suits naptime/bedtime reading as well. There are many things to look at within the pages and helps imagination along as well, since the train is running along a track in the room of a little boy who has apparently used blocks, tracks, books, boxes and all his toys to make a grand little adventure.
I highly recommend this book for any child who is interested in trains.

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Summary: A must-have for your library
Review: This book has captured the attention of all 3 of my boys. I bought it when my 6 year-old (my oldest) was little and it has since become one of our favorites. The illustrations are wonderful and captivating for the younger children and yet provide older children with creative ways to use their imaginations. Each of my boys have articulated that they thought the engineer was Daddy and they were the little boy accompanying him. It didn't matter the skin color. They were able to identify with the characters in the book. This book is definitely one of our favorites and has been taped up to ensure it continues to have a long life. The ending provides a nice soft way to transition to saying good night.

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Summary: Beautifully illustrated!
Review: This book is full of fun, colorful pictures. It lights right up from the beginning as the train and box cars carry the freight to the city. It then winds down when the freight in unloaded and everyone is sleepy. The setting of this bold story is in the little boys bedroom, which has a very imaginative flare. My 14 month old son loves this book, since i brought it home a few months ago. Unfortunatly we also have to replace it as he too, destroyed it. But it is worth the replacing, he would have us read it to him every night!

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Summary: Come inside a boy's imagination for some train play!
Review: This is a great rhyming story about a boy's imaginative train play. A young boy has set up a creative train layout in his room: going over the fish tank (bridge), to the freight yard, up mountains, down valleys, etc. His entire room is laid out with track and many of his toys are involved in the layout such as blocks to prop up the track and dolls to lift boxes. As we read the book we see the toys "moving" and doing jobs and the illustrations are such that we are as small as the train and looking out and around as if we were riding the train ourselves. At the end the train is said to go into the roundhouse and the boy is seen sleeping in bed with his locomotive and the track laid out on the floor all around his room! Great imagination!

The text itself is well written and rhyming and just has a great flow to it.

I bought our first hardcover edition right after it was published which was over 3 years ago. My older son has loved this since he was 2 years old and I have read it over and over and over. He is a real train lover and even now at age 5 he loves this book (over many of the other train-themed children's fiction books we own).

The text is not annoying in any way and I truly don't groan when I have to reread it to him several times. My second son has loved this book since infancy. Sadly, after 3 years of handling it finally fell apart and now I am buying a second hardcover edition. I browsed the board book version in a store but was disappointed. The hardcover is a larger size than usual and the illustrations are bold and large. In the board book version some of the illustrations are greatly pared down in size and much is lost. If you own the board version I highly recommend also buying the hardcover edition if your child likes the book. This would make a great gift!

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Summary: Wow!
Review: We received this book as a gift and I'd been holding it aside until my son could deal better with the paper pages (e.g., not a board book). I gave it to him yesterday (he's 20 months). Within about 15 minutes, it was his favorite book in the whole world. I've read it about 50 times now... he shouts "again, again" before we're even done with the story. He walks around saying "kugga kugga" all day. I'm sure this is one that will remain a favorite for a long time. The illustrations are cool and it's fun to read (well, as fun as anything can be that you read a zillion times).