Toot!

by Kirsten Hall, Charlie Alder (Illustrations)

Toot is a little red train who wishes he were as big and strong and fast as the other trains in the railroad yard. Try as he might, he's never able look as mighty, pull as much, or go as fast as all the others. But when there's trouble on the track, Toot learns that sometimes being small and slow and steady is just what's needed. A great read-aloud book for bedtime or anytime.

Genres: Picture Books

24 pages, Board Book

First published May 16, 2013

About the author

Kirsten is a native New Yorker. After college, where she majored in English and minored in Child Development, Hall taught preschool and then Kindergarten while studying Early Childhood Education in NYU’s masters program. Her first easy reader book was written (and published) when she was in the 7th grade. Since then she has written approximately 150 early reader and chapter books for children, on a broad range of topics, for publishers including Scholastic, HarperCollins, Barnes & Noble, Random House, and Chronicle.
In addition to writing, Hall operates her own boutique illustration and literary agency, Catbird Productions. Hall currently resides in New York City.

Reviews

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read at the doctor's office. A good distraction otherwise she'll cry a lot.

[Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This board book is typical fair. It’s about a choo-choo train on the tracks and other people need to get by and things need to get done. Tt’s very much about the wording and the word sounds like choo-choo, tuk-tuk, etc. This book was fine, but it has no lasting appeal. Within 20 years you won’t be able to find copies.

[Jennifer T. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute board book!

[Holly Letson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this a couple weeks ago, and couldn't find it on GR, since I forgot the author's name. But, here we go.
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Toot! is a little red train that wants to hang out with the big trains. But, they don't want him to...that is, until there's a big problem, and little Toot! saves the day.