{"product_id":"alphabet-trains-isbn-9781580895934","title":"Alphabet Trains","description":"All aboard for a train ride through the alphabet! Whether chug-chug-chugging up a mountainside in an Incline train or zipping at super speed in a Bullet train, trains will get you where you need to be—A to Z!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a train—some familiar and some unusual—for every letter of the alphabet. Trains are used all over the world for carrying people and cargo from place to place. With a bouncy rhyming text, and clever illustrations full of visual cues, young readers will love learning all about trains. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA companion to the Children's Book Award nominated \u003ci\u003eAlphabet Trucks\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e· CCBC Choices 2016: Annual best-of-the-year list of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center.A cheerful rhyming text and painterly illustrations created in Adobe Photoshop offer young readers a different train for each letter of the alphabet. The simple text is straightforward without letting the rhyme become cloying: “G is for Glacier Express,\/a scenic, alpine glide.\/H is for Hurricane Turn.\/Wave a flag to catch a ride.” Each train is featured on its own page, allowing the page turns to reveal the next type of train. A spread ends the book by giving factual information for each of the trains depicted, further enhancing the book’s appeal to train enthusiasts. VERDICT Pair this with Donald Crews’s Freight Train (Greenwillow,1978) and Margaret Wise Brown’s Two Little Trains (HarperCollins, 2001) illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, for a high-speed storytime.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a companion to 2013's \u003ci\u003eAlphabet Trucks\u003c\/i\u003e, Vamos and O'Rourke introduce 26 trains as they proceed from \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eZ\u003c\/i\u003e. They make room for general categories like bullet trains and coal trains, as well as location-specific conveyances—like the Xplorer of New South Wales, Australia, and the Q train of New York City's subway system, taking care of a couple tricky letters in the process. Vamos's rhymes are as sturdy as the trains she discusses (\"\u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e is for incline train,\/ a steep, uphill track.\/ \u003ci\u003eJ\u003c\/i\u003e is for Jupiter,\/ with a wide balloon stack\"), while O'Rourke sneaks numerous upper-and lower-case letters into his cheerful digital illustrations, which all but beg to be pointed out by kids as the pages turn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Publishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamantha R. Vamos\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred\u003c\/i\u003e, a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book, \u003ci\u003eAlphabet Trucks\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBefore You Were Here, Mi Amor\u003c\/i\u003e. Samantha lives near Seattle, Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor  many years \u003cb\u003eRyan O'Rourke's\u003c\/b\u003e illustrations have  appeared in galleries,  newspapers, and magazines, including a weekly  illustration for the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe Sunday Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eOne Big Rain\u003c\/i\u003e marks Ryan's foray into children's picture books. He makes his home in Connecticut.Tear the ticket. Load the freight. Sound the whistle. Raise the gate. Clank! Chug-chug! Whoosh! Alphabet trains.","brand":"Charlesbridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232919072997,"sku":"NP9781580895934","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781580895934_f1100bd0-0f8b-4385-80a8-fec602617e48.jpg?v=1767721348","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/alphabet-trains-isbn-9781580895934","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}