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How to Train a Train by Jason Carter Eaton

How to Train a Train

Jason Carter Eaton

Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · September 24, 2013

A Picture Books pick for readers exploring How to Train a Train.

Imagination & PlayTrains & Railwaysfriendship
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Who it’s for
A picture-book guide treats train enthusiasm with the cheerful seriousness of pet care.
Themes
Caring for a pet train, Friendship with a train
Genres
Trains & Railways, Imagination & Play

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About this book

Everything you need to know about finding, keeping, and training your very own pet train. Finding advice on caring for a dog, a cat, a fish, even a dinosaur is easy. But what if somebody’s taste in pets runs to the more mechanical kind? What about those who like cogs and gears more than feathers and fur? People who prefer the call of a train whistle to the squeal of a guinea pig? Or maybe dream of a smudge of soot on their cheek, not slobber?

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In this spectacularly illustrated picture book, kids who love locomotives (and what kid doesn’t?) will discover where trains live, what they like to eat, and the best train tricks around—everything it takes to lay the tracks for a long and happy friendship. All aboard!

Locomotive Care, Playfully

A picture-book guide treats train enthusiasm with the cheerful seriousness of pet care.

Come here for

  • A whimsical take on finding, keeping, and training a pet train
  • Train whistles, gears, and soot instead of fur and feathers

Expect

  • Illustrations and playful advice about train homes, food, and tricks
  • A cheerful blend of make-believe and locomotive enthusiasm

Where it sits

Trains & Railways84%
Imagination & Play58%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Pet Stories
  • Trains & Railways
  • Imagination & Play
Authors
Jason Carter Eaton
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
September 24, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Caring for a pet train · Friendship with a train
Reading lane
Pet Stories