The Old Steam Train (Usborne Farmyard Tales Readers) [Paperback]

Heather Amery (Author), Stephen Cartwright (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1999 | Age Level: 3 and up | Series: Usborne Farmyard Tales Readers

All the familiar characters from Apple Tree Farms can be found in the stories in the Farmyard Tales series. Set around a restored railway station near Apple Tree Farm, the characters have many different adventures.'

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 16 pages
• Publisher: Usborne Books (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0746033362
• ISBN-13: 978-0746033364
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 7.1 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,951,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars You never read this book once, at least 3 times., November 14, 1999

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This review is from: The Old Steam Train (Usborne Farmyard Tales Readers) (Paperback)

You never read this book once, at least 3 times in one sitting. I have a 3-year-old boy and he loves this simple story about the "Boot Family". The family helps the Old Steam Train and the Station to work again.

The pictures are on a white background, which make them easy to look at. They are wonderful, bright and very descriptive drawings. This all assists the child to start reading books and they don't want to stop. They learn to read the short simple text located on top of the page (about 5 easy words). Then the book has longer text on the bottom of the page, which you read to the child. You build up the child's confidence and then they start to read the whole book with you. It's great when my child joins in and gets all excited. I couldn't ask for more from a book.

The book also has maps of Apple Tree Farm. In which you can do your own stories and see where the story you have just read. Also a little yellow duck is on every page for the child to find.