and the train goes ... by william bee

and the train goes ... by william bee (Pub: 2007)

"Here is the school class off on a trip, and the children yell, Please, sir, please, ma'am...are we there yet?

and the train goes, Clickerty-click, clickerty-clack…"

This book is about all the different sounds that you will hear on a train. Not only from the train itself but also from the many passengers traveling:

"The bright retro illustrations look like a 1960s record-album cover. The train and the characters' clothing are depicted in glossy colors and covered with flat floral patterns and other graphic designs. The people's stylized faces are adorned with eyeglasses, freckles, and/or beards and mustaches; surrounded by hair of different shades; and topped with hats of all shapes and sizes."

Based on repetition of sound and the refrain of the train's clickerty click, clickerty clack. With a pushing rhythm and lyrical expressions; as you read, you will feel both the locomotion of the train but also the movement of the story. The story culminates as the reader arrives at the final page, which is the train platform that the reader started at, where the station parrot recites all the fun sayings in one breath for the reader.

This is a wonderfully fun book to read aloud to your preschooler up to kindy age group. And would work in playgroup story time also.