This Train - Softcover

Collicutt, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374475180 ISBN 13: 9780374475185

Publisher: Square Fish, 2001

Synopsis

A concept book for the youngest of train lovers

All aboard! This is one train book you don't want to miss. Using a refreshingly simple approach, Paul Collicutt has crafted the perfect book for young railroad enthusiasts. Each page features a vividly colored and detailed painting of a train, and the spreads show how they are different -- long and short, fast and slow, old and new. As a bonus, full-color endpapers feature captioned renderings of real-life engine models from all over the world that were the inspirations for the trains depicted throughout the book.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Collicutt is a freelance illustrator who lives in Sussex, England. This Train is the first book in a series which also includes This Plane and This Boat.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Collicutt presents pictures of an international assortment of trains: Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Canadian, French, and North American. Simply worded, sparse text printed in large letters provides commentary on the vivid paintings. Each pair of illustrations on facing pages contains a concept, ranging from the basic ("This train is yellow. This train is red") to the sophisticated ("This train runs on steam. This train runs on electricity"). The bright, full-color art is simple and bold, and the endpapers give the name and country for each model featured. This title accomplishes many things: it's a concept book for preschoolers, a beginning reader, and a source of information for primary-grade train fans. This very successful presentation concentrates on the vehicles themselves, excluding the people who run and ride them. For a human connection, try Evelyn Clarke Mott's Steam Train Ride (Walker, 1991).
Liza Bliss, Worcester Public Library, MA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Square Fish
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0374475180
• ISBN 13: 9780374475185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Collicutt Paul