Hey! Get Off Our Train

John Burningham

ISBN 10: 0517882043 / ISBN 13: 9780517882047

Published by Random House USA Inc, 1994

About this Item

Only Burningham could make an ecological fable so much fun. A boy goes to bed and dreams that he and his stuffed dog, now a railroad engineer, are speeding through the countryside playing games and picking up endangered animals. Spacious drawings contrasted with textured landscape paintings create a striking effect. The artist juggles antic humor with a serious message--and never misses a beat.--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. An IRA Children's Choice, A Parent's Choice Award for illustration.

Seller Inventory # 00108511951

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hey! Get Off Our Train
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517882043
• ISBN 13: 9780517882047
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

A boy goes to bed and dreams that he and his stuffed dog, now a railroad engineer, are speeding through the countryside playing games and picking up endangered animals. 

An IRA Children's Choice
A Parents' Choice Award winner for illustration
A California Children's Book Award winner

About the Author

JOHN BURNINGHAM worked in the basement of his house in London on an old boardroom table, which came from The Monkey Club, a school for debutantes in Kensington, and was littered with pens, pencils, paints, papers, and rough drawings. When he wasn't not working on a book, he loved collecting —furniture, statues, staircases, and old curtains. He traveled around England and France looking for unusual things to put in his house or to sell to someone else. John marked the day with things to look forward to—a large mug of good strong coffee to start the day, lunch, when his wife, children's book writer and illustrator Helen Oxenbury and John could discuss their work or just have a general chat; and at around six o'clock, a drink of delicious red wine, preferably French (wine was another one of his interests). He was always interested in the third dimension, and many of his books had to be constructed layer by layer because he enjoyed painting on different materials—paper, cardboard, wood—so that a variety of textures came through on the printed page. John Birningham died on January 4, 2019 at the age of 82.