Choo-choo School
All Aboard for the First Day of School
Candlewick Press · Print & ebook · July 14, 2020
No racing in the haul-ways!
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- Who it’s for
- Train-car antics and lighthearted verse make familiar first-day routines feel delightfully clickety.
- Themes
- First day of school, Classroom learning, Kindness and fair play
- Pacing
- Fast
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No racing in the haul-ways! From the late, beloved author Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a look at seven adorable train cars on their first day of school. All aboard the train-car pool! A new lineup of students is off and rolling to Choo-Choo School. After reciting their classroom rules — Work hard, play fair, be kind — it’s time for some math to get the wheels turning.
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Then everyone’s ready to climb a hill in gym (it’s good to blow off steam), sing songs in music (Flat Car is a bit off-key), and learn the whole alphabet, especially the letter R. In one of Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s last books, lighthearted verse portrays a world where train stations are classrooms, the conductor doubles as the teacher, and Boxcar is happy to hand out tissues to anyone who ah-choo-choos. Bright, energetic illustrations by animation artist Mike Yamada bring the whole clickety crew to rollicking life.
School on Rails
Train-car antics and lighthearted verse make familiar first-day routines feel delightfully clickety.
Come here for
- Playful wordplay woven through classroom rules, math, music, and the alphabet
- A cheerful mix of trains and school-day rituals
Expect
- Lighthearted verse and bright, energetic illustrations
- A kind classroom mood, with a few well-placed train puns
Where it sits
| School Stories | 50% |
|---|---|
| Stories in Verse | 38% |
| Trains & Railways | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- School Stories
- New Experiences
- Trains & Railways
- Authors
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- July 14, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- First day of school · Classroom learning · Kindness and fair play
- Reading lane
- School Stories