Sleep Train
Hardcover – Picture Book, April 3, 2018
Penguin Young Readers Group · Hardcover · April 3, 2018
A perfectly pitched bedtime story and counting book for sleepy train lovers, illustrated in dramatic 3D sculptures!
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- Who it’s for
- A clickety-clack refrain turns counting train cars into a gently drowsy bedtime journey.
- Themes
- Bedtime, Counting, Train fantasy
- Pacing
- Steady
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A perfectly pitched bedtime story and counting book for sleepy train lovers, illustrated in dramatic 3D sculptures! A little boy climbs into bed with a book and starts counting the train cars in it, between the engine and caboose. "Ten sleepy cars going clickety-clack," reads the refrain. But as the boy counts cars and gets sleepier and sleepier, his room looks more and more like one of the train cars from his book--the sleeping car, of course!
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Rhythmically told by the author of the Froggy books, Sleep Train is also stunning to look at. 3D illustrator, Lauren Eldridge, has sculpted an entire train full of intricate details. Part bedtime story, part counting book, part children's fantasy, Sleep Train is a magical ride to dreamland.
Counting Toward Sleep
A clickety-clack refrain turns counting train cars into a gently drowsy bedtime journey.
Come here for
- Train-loving bedtime reading with a playful counting rhythm
- A child’s room drifting toward the world of a book
Expect
- Rhythmic words and intricate 3D sculpted illustrations
- A blend of bedtime story, counting book, and fantasy
Where it sits
| Bedtime & Dreams | 96% |
|---|---|
| Counting & Numbers | 55% |
| Trains & Railways | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Counting & Numbers
- Bedtime & Dreams
- Trains & Railways
- Authors
- Jonathan London
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- April 3, 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Bedtime · Counting · Train fantasy
- Reading lane
- Counting & Numbers