All Aboard ABC (Picture Puffins) [Paperback]

Doug Magee (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: P and up | Series: Picture Puffins

An alphabet book introducing the world of trains.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Magee and Newman are right on track with this eye-catching alphabet book that focuses on a well-loved subject: trains. Intelligently framed color photographs, shot from a variety of perspectives, stoke reader interest (" I, i : Inside , looking out, this is what the engineer sees," reads the caption for a photo starkly depicting the view from within a car; another particularly successful image is a closeup of springs on a railroad car, illustrating S ). Design and text are creatively integrated: the illustration of a switch, for example, requires the viewer to focus on first one photo of train tracks, and then another. Letters of the alphabet and their corresponding vocabulary words in the text are set off in red ink, unifying the book's concept as well as fanning its visual spark. Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2-- An alphabet/vocabulary book that presents both upper- and lower-case letters and one or more corresponding words on the subject of trains. Each bold red or black letter is accompanied by full-color photographs of train parts and types such as an Amtrak, air brake, boxcar, caboose, and coupler. Each term is printed in red within its definition, e.g. "The engineer drives the train." The quality of the photographs varies, with none of the crispness of Tana Hoban's or Bruce Macmillan's work, but young train enthusiasts will nevertheless be interested in this title. --Pearl Herscovitch, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Puffin; 1st Puffin Unicorn Ed edition (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140553517
• ISBN-13: 978-0140553512
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 10.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #509,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Doug Magee is a writer, photographer and filmmaker living in New York's East Harlem. Never Wave Goodbye is his first novel.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My son loves it!, November 8, 1999

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This review is from: All Aboard ABC (Hardcover)

I first took this book out of the library and my son asked me to read it over and over again. I purchased it through Amazon.com as a Christmas gift for him last year. We still read it often. He even took it into his preschool class so the teacher could read it to everyone! I'm convinced that he also learned the alphabet through his love of this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for your little train lover., May 2, 2000

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Joann Fantina "Three Nephews" (Bernardsville, NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Aboard ABC (Picture Puffins) (Paperback)

This is educational and fun. Perfect for my 3 year old nephew.It has real train pictures and the alphabet - at 3 the little ones canquickly recognize and identity trains. Perfect for matching them withletters. A very good book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trains!, February 26, 2007

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Ann Feddersen "Fed" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Aboard ABC (Picture Puffins) (Paperback)

Lots of new, technical terms for the young child who loves trains and is learning the alphabet. May be too technical for the casual encounter. Good pictures.