Book Descriptions
for And the Train Goes... by William Bee
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
As the station clock goes “Tick-tock, tickerty-tock . . .” (n.p.), a colorful train goes on its way down the tracks with a “Clickerty-click, clickerty-clack . . .” (n.p.), carrying carloads of passengers, all having something to say about the train ride. The text is simple but full of interesting-sounding words that are different from the sounds usually associated with the ticking of a clock, a moving train, noisy hens, and so on. The illustrations feature a string of in tricately patterned and brightly colored cars on an old-fashioned train filled with equally detailed and colorful passengers . ca
Originally published by Walker Books Great Britain, in 2007.
From the Publisher
CHUFF-CHUFF, CHUFFERTY-CHUFF...PUFF-PUFF, PUFFERTY-PUFF...
Here’s one train you don’t want to miss! From the stout stationmaster to the chickens a-laying, from a traveling teapot to a chaotic class trip, the clever visual details aboard every teeming car will have readers riding this train again and again. Woo-wooooo!