Steam Train, Dream Train
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld
Language: English
Pages: 40
ISBN: 1452109206
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site returns with another fabulous book for bedtime! The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, bouncy kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls. Sweet and silly dreams are guaranteed for any budding train enthusiasts!
and all the different cars are loaded by the animal workers, each with the appropriate cargo. ISBN 978-1-4521-0920-6 (alk. paper) 1. Railroad trains—Juvenile fiction. 2. Animals—Juvenile fiction. 3. Stories in rhyme. [1. Stories in rhyme. 2. Railroad trains—Fiction. 3. Animals—Fiction.] I. Lichtenheld, Tom, ill. II. Title. PZ8.3.R48123Ste 2013 [E]—dc23 2012030942 Book design by Tom Lichtenheld and Kristine Brogno. Typeset in Neutraface Slab. The illustrations in this book were rendered
in Neocolor wax oil pastels on Mi-Teintes paper. Chronicle Books LLC 680 Second Street, San Francisco, California 94107 www.chroniclekids.com To Dave, Ben, and Zak: Thank you for this amazing journey. To my Dad, Ron Duskey, for a lifetime of love, support, (mostly!) good advice, and the occasional harsh lecture. And to my Father, who has led the way —S. D. R. To my Dad, for being an artist and gentleman. (And for buying us Mad magazine.) To my Mom, for encouraging my creativity and—to
in Neocolor wax oil pastels on Mi-Teintes paper. Chronicle Books LLC 680 Second Street, San Francisco, California 94107 www.chroniclekids.com To Dave, Ben, and Zak: Thank you for this amazing journey. To my Dad, Ron Duskey, for a lifetime of love, support, (mostly!) good advice, and the occasional harsh lecture. And to my Father, who has led the way —S. D. R. To my Dad, for being an artist and gentleman. (And for buying us Mad magazine.) To my Mom, for encouraging my creativity and—to
Quick! Before it gets too late, start to load up all the freight. Everything will soon be stowed, a train car matched to every load. The crew slides back the boxcar doors and tumbles in to start their chores. They whirl, twirl, cartwheel, jump, but cargo’s stowed without a bump. Things that rock and roll and spin, all are juggled safely in. The freight is loaded as they play; they work—and bounce—the night away! Building blocks, erector sets, bikes and kites and
The well cars carry giant beasts munching on enormous feasts. Brachiosaurus likes the view, while T-rex gets a bone to chew. The flatbed cars are rolling beds. The weary crew can rest their heads, and settle in, and tuck in tight. Their work is finished for tonight. The red caboose is last in line— from the lookout, all looks fine. The freight and crew are tucked away. The next stop…is another day. A hiss, a jolt, a shift and sway, now the journey’s underway. The