The Goodnight Train

by June Sobel, Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator)

Overview

All aboard! The sun is down...the Goodnight Train is leaving town!

Join the many parents and caregivers who enjoy reading The Goodnight Train again and again and have responded with thousands of 5-star reviews. This is a fun and effective bedtime book that both adults and kids love.

Roll that corner, rock that curve, and soar past mermaids, leaping sheep, and even ice-cream clouds...

With soothing, lyrical words and magical illustrations, this picture book presents a nighttime fantasy that's guaranteed to make even the most resistant sleeper snuggle up tight.

Plus don't miss the companion books: Goodnight Train Rolls On and Santa and the Goodnight Train!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547540023
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	09/01/2006
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD460L (what's this?)
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

June Sobel is the talented author of the Goodnight Train books illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith; the Tow Truck Joe series illustrated by Patrick Corrigan; B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC illustrated by Melissa Iwai; and Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC illustrated by Henry Cole. She lives in Westlake Village, California. junesobel.com

Laura Huliska-Beith has illustrated many popular books for children, including The Goodnight Train, The Goodnight Train Rolls On, and Santa and the Goodnight Train by June Sobel, The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill, and Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. laurahuliskabeith.com.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-K-This bedtime story is likely to strike a chord with young listeners. A gentle, rhyming text intersperses train noises with a getting-ready-for-bed routine with a railroad-inspired theme. Brightly colored cartoon illustrations picture children in their beds being pulled along by the engine. They ride through tunnels, over bridges, and past fields of sheep. The words flow fairly well, with only a few minor skips, and the sounds mixed with bedtime sounds ("Rock-a, rock-a, rock-a, rock-a-Shhhhhhhhhhh! Shhhhhhhhhhh!") will delight youngsters and have them chiming in. The acrylic-and-collage artwork curves around the spreads and encourages page turns. Clever backgrounds, including a sign that declares, "Dreamland 20 winks ahead," ensure that there is plenty to look at, and the journey ends effectively with the children asleep and the words, "Good night, train./Good night." Libraries in need of more train or bedtime books will find this a useful and enjoyable addition.-Amy Lilien-Harper, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

As The Goodnight Train traverses la-la land, the rhythmic chugging and the cadenced clickety-clacking will eventually lull even the most stalwart child to sleep. So, "Find your sleepers! Grab your teddy." The train sets forth over hill and dale, puffing and huffing, embraced by somnolent shades of blue and purple. Upward through the tunnel, the train rockets around the curve and toward its destination, choo-chooing all the way as it passes over a flat plain and through a field of sheep. Gradually, the train begins to slow. At last the little locomotive pulls into the depot and its occupants sigh and close their sleepy eyes. The illustrations depict welcoming creatures of all sorts, children and skunks alike. There is bountiful fun to be had in the journey's creamy hues, painting fantastic hypnagogic images such as a turtle shoveling cinnamon rolls and a mermaid applying night cream. The cheerful and rhyming text paired with the frothy art creates an enchanting trip to dreamland. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews