All Aboard ABC (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Robert Newman (Author) "Amtrak trains carry passengers from city to city all across the United States..." (more)

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.

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.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; 1st edition (September 6, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525650369
• ISBN-13: 978-0525650362
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,021,924 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My son loves it!, November 9, 1999

By A Customer

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Joann Fantina "Three Nephews" (Bernardsville, NJ, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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:

4.0 out of 5 stars Learning to love learning, January 20, 2002

By	lspswr (Idaho, USA) - See all my reviews

My two year old knows his alphabet already, but this book is encouraging him to take that next step of associating the alphabet with words. He is a train fanatic and seeing upper and lower case letters presented with train-associated words and pictures has him spouting off train terms when asked what words begin with particular letters. As noted in the editorial review, some of the pictures are a bit muddy and uninteresting -- but for the most part this book in is my son's daily repertoire of books and one he begs to take with us when we leave the house. I would definitely recommend this book as one which inspires learning about trains, with the sneaky benefit of learning about letters and words. The only reason I will not give it 5 stars is because I think it could have included more interesting pictures for some of the letters, but I give it 4 stars because it does acheive the goal of teaching the alphabet with train visuals - and because this book is dearly loved by my 2 year old.