Steam Train, Dream Train

Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site is a modern classic that turns construction vehicles in to sleepy machines that need to rest after a long day of work. It gives children an alternate world where the construction trucks actually have personalities. Steam Train Dream Train does something similar for trains but is illustrated so beautifully that I look through it myself. It's fun to read and there are excellent rhymes but one of the most interesting things is that this book includes almost everything your young boy (or maybe girl) probably likes. Such as? Trains (Obviously), with different types of train cars. Zoo animals riding the train and going to sleep on the train A Dinosaur along with the zoo animals! Monkey's juggling Toys like a plane, Mr Potato Head and blocks Different colors of taker cars A giraffe driving a digger and dumping balls in a train car! Ice Cream Dragsters! An of course a toy train at the end. Everything wraps up nicely with a boy sleeping soundly in bed. My 2.5 year old just loves it and it is a staple for us at bedtime and I imagine will be for many years. We check out a lot of books from the library as these are not cheap but this one is worth buying. A new classic!

My kid and I both love this book. It's well written, has a spectacular rhyming scheme, good rhythm, and teaches about the types of train cars! The illustrations are cute, and it's a great bedtime story.

This is the book that we had in heavy bed-time rotation with our three-year old son for a solid six months before he asked for something different. PROS: - Beautifully written and illustrated with lots of activity on each page for kids to look over. - The story encourages advanced vocabulary as well as promotes cool-down and prep for bed. - Kids can relate to the story and my son was able to pick up on the wording quite quickly thanks to the rhyme and rhythm. CONS: - Hardcover with paper pages, so watch out with the little ones. Might be a good plan to take the slip-cover off, too. We didn't and now, sadly, it is no longer with us. - A little longer, takes decent attention span to stick it out on the little person's part.

My son is about 2 1/2, and I just bought this book for him. We've read it several times now. My favorite things about this book are: popular concepts (trains, animals, ice cream, etc.) that are attention-grabbers, some occasional vocabulary boosters (for example, the "color convoy" of tankers that hold different color paints), the vivid illustrations, and the length of the read. It's a bit longer than books that seem similar (including Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site). For all these reasons, it's substantial enough that we can take our time talking about all the scenes instead of going through several shorter books that have less to offer the imagination. Don't know yet whether this will remain one of my son's favorite books, but in any case, it's a great value and he's enjoying it over and over again. When we get to the end, he asks me to read it again. This has become a popular enough title that you could check it out at your local library before you buy it. I knew right away that it'd be a keeper for my son.

My child’s favorite book, from infancy up through school. It’s catchy rhyming and easy to read pages paint a beautiful, fantastical story of animals loading up the train for the night’s ride. It’s a good one for right before bed as it always seemed to put my little one to sleep. I have recommended it to every new parent I came across. 100% buy this one! It will surely become a classic in your little one’s library as it did mine.

Our children LOVE this book. Beautiful artwork, the story is darling, the only complaint we have and why we gave it 4 stars is the quality of the material. After only a few readings the pages are beginning to separate from the book spine. That was a bit of a let down.

After reading him, Goodnight, goodnight Construction Site, I knew that he would love this book! The illustrations are so rich and beautiful; and looks like it took a lot of work! I can only imagine what the original storyboards looked like, just breathtaking! Its a simple story, nothing too deep and just the right tempo to keep the attention spans of little ones. We read it often because he just loves this one and "Construction", so much! Funny, that I saw some bad ratings and nasty complaints about how they didn't like the book because of storyline or something. Really? That is just plain ridiculous! Its a child's story, we're not talking War and Peace, here; and if your kid doesn't like it, donate it to your local library and move on but to trash a kid's book because of lack of story line is just insane. I think some people forgot what it was like to be a kid and have an imagination, not worry about a grown-up storyline.

My child loves this book & asks me to read it a lot (not just at bedtime). The pictures are also really beautifully done. A nice book to have in our collection.

Great story to put children to sleep especially if they’re into trains! The rhymes are beautiful to read.

Lovely book with great pics. Effective bedtime book.

Nice story for trains lover. Good for bedtime readings (not too big or heavy). The book is made with good quality.

Love, love, love this book. Such a treasure!

My grandnephew loved the story & the colourful animals.