



desertcart.com: Trains (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1): 9781426307775: Shields, Amy, National Geographic Kids: Books Review: Love it - Bought this for my 4 year old who loves trains. He's been asking more questions about trains and this book looked like it would be helpful in explaining some things and not be over his head. While it is great for his age, it's not super informative. It has fun facts like steam trains use coal or oil, how the wheels turn, bullet trains using "pantographs" and freight trains being diesel locomotives. I was hoping more for labeling different parts of the train, or engine house, etc, but overall he loves the book and we read it every day (we've had it about 1 week or so now). It's not a lot of reading which is nice (maybe 10 minutes to read), big pictures, big font (will be great for a beginner reader) and a quick little review at the end: what is an engineer? what are pantographs? what is loot? what is a turntable? all 4 words were defined in special caption boxes through the book. Review: Kids love to reread it. - Great paper book for travels. Kids love to reread it.
| ASIN | 1426307772 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #23,686 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #38 in Children's Trains Books (Books) #72 in Early Learning Beginner Readers #212 in Children's Beginner Readers |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,185) |
| Dimensions | 5.94 x 0.11 x 9 inches |
| Edition | Illustrated |
| Grade level | Preschool - 1 |
| ISBN-10 | 9781426307775 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1426307775 |
| Item Weight | 2.79 ounces |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 32 pages |
| Publication date | April 12, 2011 |
| Publisher | National Geographic Kids |
| Reading age | 3 - 6 years, from customers |
C**C
Love it
Bought this for my 4 year old who loves trains. He's been asking more questions about trains and this book looked like it would be helpful in explaining some things and not be over his head. While it is great for his age, it's not super informative. It has fun facts like steam trains use coal or oil, how the wheels turn, bullet trains using "pantographs" and freight trains being diesel locomotives. I was hoping more for labeling different parts of the train, or engine house, etc, but overall he loves the book and we read it every day (we've had it about 1 week or so now). It's not a lot of reading which is nice (maybe 10 minutes to read), big pictures, big font (will be great for a beginner reader) and a quick little review at the end: what is an engineer? what are pantographs? what is loot? what is a turntable? all 4 words were defined in special caption boxes through the book.
N**A
Kids love to reread it.
Great paper book for travels. Kids love to reread it.
A**R
Great book for young kids who love trains
My 5-year-old son is obsessed with trains and he loved this book. It's full of interesting information about different types of trains and it has many colorful pictures. The book also has age-appropriate train jokes, which my son will be trying out on his kindergarten class for their weekly joke day. It's not a book he can quite read himself yet so I read it to him, but it's definitely a book he's aspiring to read by himself.
L**A
Liked
My son liked
B**V
Good for early readers
My son likes this book. Pictures are great. Information is good.
K**H
Fun book
I have 3 1/2 year old twins who are completely in love with trains. I was worried this would be too old for them but they love the pictures and let me read it to them often.
A**R
Great Pictures
The photos in this book are great! This book is good for younger elementary readers.
J**N
Trains Are Cool!
My 4 year old grandson loved this book! It was popping out of his stocking on Christmas morning and he immediately went to check it out! The book is filled with great pictures and great information. Perfect for young children who love trains!
B**S
National Geographic Kids Readers: Trains For the price I expected much better. Suitable for three year olds, no older.
A**Y
It provides a glimpseof Trains from old coal burning to modern electric tyrains
D**T
Great, fast delivery
S**A
I think they could have done more. Poorly written
A**Y
My boy loves his train books
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