The Engineer is a wonderful book for young children. The author, with over twenty years in education has turned his wonderful early childhood music into books. These easy to sing books are also easy to read. They will turn your child into an instant reader. The Engineer was designed to give the reader an experience beyond literacy by including early math skills embedded into each wonderful illustration. The bright colors will capture the attention of young children and draw them into a world of early literacy. The original song is printed on the last page so that teachers and parents can learn the song and sing along with the book. Engineer is one in a series of books based on the album Sing to Learn. Sing to Learn incorporates ideas from children for children. Each and every song is tried in tested in the author's own classroom. The illustrator, Len Hatch was a world-class educator that mentored Dr. Russell as a young educator the two of them had big dreams! The Engineer is about a hard working train engineer that needs to get his train full of circus animals to town on time. There are obstacles and peril and circus animals. Cheer the engineer on as he "gets that train on time."