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Priddy Books Big Ideas for Little People
My Big Train Book
-Ideal for babies and toddlers.
-Stuffing large format brings images to life.
-Essential for all tiny train enthusiasts.
-Stuffing large format brings images to life.
-Essential for all tiny train enthusiasts.
12 pages, Board Book
First published October 10, 2003
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Roger Priddy
2,523 books84 followersRoger Priddy (b. 1960) is the creator of Priddy Books, which publishes books for babies and young children. Priddy Books is a division of Macmillan Publishers and books published by the imprint have won several Practical Pre-School Awards.
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June 13, 2010
my 1yo son has recently become fascinated with almost all "things that go". male stereotypes prevail! boys will be boys, right? so when it came to picking out a book on trains, i couldn't believe how limited the selection was. sure there are tons of picture books, but i was looking specifically for real-life images, something he could relate to - not drawings, not paintings, and certainly not anything thomas the engine. the dk book of trains was currently out of stock ... so i knew of roger priddy's bright baby series and was hoping to find a train equivalent to the ones we already had on animals, first words, and trucks. i love the photographs, colors, and simplicity to all of these. but alas, it seemed like trains weren't good enough to make it in the series. or were they...??
after a relentless search throughout the preschool department i was able to find this. a slightly larger board book - more like a lapboard book, it is currently my son's favorite thing to carry around, look at, and point to. so many different types and names of trains! my favorite may be the german street tram plastered with drawings of maggi products, like tomatoes, onions, and sauce - "mit maggi macht das essen spab!"; i am a sucker for food advertisements.
aside from which country a few trains are from and what the fastest is, there isn't more information and specific details. just the picture and the name - but we're ok with that. pointing to a train and making ridiculous noises of what i think it makes on the go seems to satisfy him. my ONLY disappointment is the non-presence of a true NYC subway picture. living in queens, my son's penchant derives from the elevated subway tracks and experiencing a train passing by every few minutes. the picture marked as "subway train" is actually a NJ path train, but because of its similar resemblance to our train, he points to it the most. oh man, wait till he grows up and finds out that his beloved train is NEWARK bound...
anyway, like the back of this book says: for kids who really love trains!
after a relentless search throughout the preschool department i was able to find this. a slightly larger board book - more like a lapboard book, it is currently my son's favorite thing to carry around, look at, and point to. so many different types and names of trains! my favorite may be the german street tram plastered with drawings of maggi products, like tomatoes, onions, and sauce - "mit maggi macht das essen spab!"; i am a sucker for food advertisements.
aside from which country a few trains are from and what the fastest is, there isn't more information and specific details. just the picture and the name - but we're ok with that. pointing to a train and making ridiculous noises of what i think it makes on the go seems to satisfy him. my ONLY disappointment is the non-presence of a true NYC subway picture. living in queens, my son's penchant derives from the elevated subway tracks and experiencing a train passing by every few minutes. the picture marked as "subway train" is actually a NJ path train, but because of its similar resemblance to our train, he points to it the most. oh man, wait till he grows up and finds out that his beloved train is NEWARK bound...
anyway, like the back of this book says: for kids who really love trains!
February 9, 2019
My son's favorite book.
November 23, 2021
Elliot loves trains, so this was a winner! No story, just labeled photographs of different trains
December 23, 2012
I love trains. I love all types of trains. After spending the summer in Sweden and riding on the tram, I couldn't stop thinking about trains. When Papa took me to the bookstore I held on to this book and wouldn't let it go. Papa bought it and I still carry it around often. This is one of the books I read at least once a week.
August 9, 2008
All sorts of trains, labeled with what sort of train they are. There is a question about the trains at the bottom of each page.
Could have more info so it could grow better with a child.
Could have more info so it could grow better with a child.
January 2, 2009
One of the first to buy when a train obsession becomes obvious in your preschooler. If you've read one priddy book, you've seen some of these pictures, but this book isn't for you, is it?
June 25, 2015
Amazing collection of train photographs... But that's it. A picture of a train and two or three words to say what kind it is. Meh.
October 3, 2015
All the stars represent how much Trent loves this series of books.
April 1, 2016
You can read it in goodreads
December 3, 2016
A book full of (I assume) stock photos of trains. My child loves it, and sheer repetition has drilled the names of a few (presumably outdated) trains into my head.
my favorite quote: "Shinkansen"
my favorite quote: "Shinkansen"
June 21, 2008
More trains Can we get MORE trains?
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