Inside Freight Train

Freight Train #2

by Crews

Inside Freight Train by Crews, Donald [Greenwillow Books, 2001] Board book [B...

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Transport, Trains, Storytime

Board Book

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

#1547 in our old book database. My rating: Indifferent. Adelia's rating: Good

I love the mechanism that allows the train cars to open up and reveal their contents, but the words and pictures are just too generic for me.

[jennyreadit · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this companion to Freight Train, Inside Freight Train provides the opportunity for children to "see" inside the cars. What's inside a box car? Slide it open and see toys and books. What's inside a cattle car? Calves and cows. This sliding board book will delight birth-6 Donald Crews and train fans alike.

[Shari (Shira) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Taking the classic, award-winning, book, FREIGHT TRAIN to the next level. In this interactive version, the reader gets to open the door of the cars and see what is inside. I read it with a preschooler today. He loved it so much, he didn't want to put it down.

[Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good one to use for a train story time! Pair it with Freight train!

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like this because of the taps that kids can pull.

[MacK · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me: feels dated and bland in cargo choices and illustrations lacking the minimalist cool of the original

Alex: I can open and close the doors!

Owen: TRAINS!!!!

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loves this book.

[Victoria Hanley · Rating 5 out of 5]

We love trains. What fun to be able to see inside the different cars!

[Heide · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a neat book, in that it has a actual names of freight cars and what they carry. Not only is this great for the train loving toddler, with train loving grandparents to share it with, it's also great for parents who aren't as familiar and will be talking about trains with a train loving kid. The slide flaps are pretty neat and seem pretty durable.

An update:
Sadly while she was reading by herself, she popped the pages apart. We haven't tried getting them back together. Looks doable.

[Nichole Petteruti · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is one that many young kids would enjoy- especially young boys, seeing as they tend to love trains. The sliding pages make it much more fun to read to see what's inside of each of the carts. It's a simple way of showing kids what trains carry to understand more of how things work. Books such as this which are pop up, or sliding, or anything else make it that much more exciting for the child to read and catch their interest.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is similar to Freight train but here you get to slide the doors open and see what's inside. We owned this book for a few months and by then it was pulled to pieces. I guess that means they liked it a lot!

Like Freight Train the colors are bright and the illustrations simple.

Very much worth checking out.

[Joshua's Mom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great fun. You get to slide open each page to see what is inside the freight car. Unfortunately, after much use our book has kind of fallen to bits. It was great fun while it lasted. And it did last through many readings--likely hundreds. If you have a young child you might want to watch them with this book so they don't get wild with it and pull it to pieces.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

A big hit with toddlers that like trains the only negative the sliders can get stuck and of course then there is a lot of frustration. Even my 5 1/2 year old complains that she can't get them closed. But my two year old never tires of this book. Te only thing he would change would be to make ALL the pages slide open.

[Katherine Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book with my son when he was 3 and he was fascinated by the sliding pages. He tried to slide every page and was frustrated when he discovered they all didn't slide. Overall though, he really liked the book and it has become one of his favorites to read by himself.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read and played with this one so much we wore out all the cars. Definitely a favorite!

[Erika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kiddo loves it

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

My boys have both loved expanding and contracting the pages to show what's in the train cars.

[Candice Call · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book to use if studying types of transportation. The book simply describes the differnt types of carts on a train and what they can be sued for.

[Bear · Rating 3 out of 5]

A new train book! By the author of the one I LOVED when I was little. How fun!

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful book about freight trains and what they carry. the sliding pages would be a huge hit with kindergarteners and preschoolers. Includes colors with each descriptive page.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Storytime - Trains!

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a board book with pages that slide over to open the boxcars to show what is inside them. A cute idea for children who are curious.

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sliding pages that reveal what each train car is carrying.

[Annalise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book to talk about freight trains. Children loved the sliding pages.