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I Love Trains Paperback – Picture Book, March 18, 2003

by Philemon Sturges (Author), Shari Halpern (Illustrator)

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Trains, trains, trains!

A train is passing by! A young boy watches in delight from his window as it rumbles and roars past. Each of the cars is carrying something interesting, but his favourite car is the last one - it carries something extra special!

A cheery, informative book for youngsters who love trains by the creators of I Love Trucks!

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2003
March 18
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0064436675
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Philemon Sturges was an architect and the author of several books for children, including I Love Trains!, I Love Trucks!, I Love Planes!, I Love School!, and I Love Bugs!

Shari Halpern has illustrated a number of books for children, including Hush, Little Baby and all five previous books in the I Love series. She lives in South Orange, New Jersey, with her husband and three children.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; Reprint edition (March 18, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0064436675
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0064436670
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 - 3 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 330L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 1
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 0.08 x 8.75 inches

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Philemon has had a strong appetite for books since he was a boy. He loves to read books and poetry aloud in his booming voice. The father of three grown daughters, Philemon enjoys visiting schools and writing for a young audience. "Everything is new to kids," says Philemon. "it is an honor to introduce them to things -- plus, it's fun!"

A former award-winning architect, Philemon now uses his vision to create books rather than buildings. Philemon had his first book published in 1995 and has published at least a book a year since then. He typically likes to work on two or three new story ideas at a time.

As a boy, Philemon spent many summers at his grandpa's house in Bristol, Rhode Island, where he fell in love with boats and the sea. After a four-year Navy stint in Japan, he moved back to Rhode Island. When he wasn't working on the development of downtown Providence, the waterfront of Newport, or the boat basin on Nantucket, he spent his time sailing, clamming, and riding the waves in his dory, the Dawn Treader. He even spent a year living on an old ferryboat moored in Providence Harbor.

Currently, Philemon splits his time between the city and the country. He can be found at home in the heart of Boston's South End (in a brownstone he redesigned) or out in the charming country town of Princeton, Massachusetts. He lives with his wife, Judy Sue, and his two dogs, Rufina and Giotto. Wherever he is, Philemon enjoys cooking and eating and spending time with friends. (Rufina and Giotto love his leftovers!)

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Liz H

Great train book for young kids

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2005

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I bought this book as a Christmas present for my 3 year old nephew who loves trains. He was so excited about this book! We read each page together, me reading and pointing to the words and then him reading while I pointed to the words. The text is so simple that after we read the book once, he practically had it memorized and was really impressed that he could "read" the book. As a Kindergarten teacher, I know that this is one of the first steps to actually reading, so I was very pleased that this book could offer this for him. Also, the page with the "secret stuff" seemed to be a space shuttle or airplane, covered with an American flag. At least that's what I thought, and my nephew (who also loves space stuff and airplanes) thought the same.

I also got the book "This Train" to go with this book and I would give it 5 stars as well.

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audrey frances

a sweet poem for train lovers

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2002

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If someone in your house loves trains, they will find a kindred spirit in the little boy who narrates this delightful book. He tells us what he likes about a passing train ("I like trains that hoot and roar/as they rumble by my door"), and the surprise at the end is sweet. Illustrations are bright, outlined scenes in a rural setting. Some illustrations are very simple and others are filled with activity. The boy's dad is mentioned and seen in the story, nice for kids to see. And, as a bonus, the endpages show and describe the various kinds of train cars -- the tender and engine, a hopper, boxcar, flatcars, a tanker, gondolas and the caboose. This is a deceptively simple book that can be a joy and an enrichment for you and your little train lover.

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Kate Tappenden

Great book, simple energetic and fun

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2011

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This is a neat book. My son is 2 and loves to read. His favourite topics are trains, fire engines and planes. When we first got this book I thought it was too simplistic, that the drawings were too flat and there wasn't enough dialogue. However, it has grown on me and was an instant hit with my boy. I think the simple text and illustrations are actually what I have come to love about this book. It has an energy to it which you don't get tired of even after the 200th reading. Time and again my son asks for this book and it will be a favourite for a long time to come. He has a few good train books (I also recommend Chugga Chugga Choo Choo, Trains go Clickety-Clack and The Little Red Caboose). These are all great books for a little train lover.

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ScotFlower

LOVE IT!

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2018

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This is the perfect train book for toddlers and young preschoolers. I did not want too many words and I wanted the images to be very relatable. This book met all that. I cannot wait to give this book with a train set and learn all the car names together.

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A Good, Simple Book About Trains

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2009

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We have the board version of this book, which does not have any added information on the endpapers. Purchasers should be aware that the editions are not the same.

I purchased this book for my 21 month old daughter who is wild about trains (we live right next to the tracks). My daughter likes this book and I would recommend it if your child is train obsessed and fairly young. The simple, bold illustrations are clear and uncluttered. The text is also simple and to the point. It flows well enough when read aloud. It rhymes (kind of). There is just enough information for a younger toddler to learn something but not be overwhelmed (train cars carry different things). It is about real trains rather than toys.

I gave it four stars rather than five because I consider "chugga-chugga choo-choo" (by Kevin Lewis with pictures by Daniel Kirk) a five star book and this is just not in the same class. The board book version, at least, is very very short with few pages or words. It loses its flow at the end. I thought "weapon" for the "under wrap" also which gave it a menacing feel (though I frankly didn't think about it much, just didn't feel very warm and fuzzy, to be sure.) I agree that a space shuttle would be much, much bigger. However, there IS a space station in the companion "I Like Planes", so who knows that the author or illustrator intended. My 21 month old knows "plane" and "rocket" and has no opinion at all on how big a space shuttle is. I would venture to say few children young enough to be interested in this very simple text do. Also, we are still working "don't hit" and I venture to say that any discussions on the glory verses horrors of war are not in our near future. Therefore, the problem of dislike of that particular page is much more mine than my daughter's. I have no problem with telling my daughter that the thing under wraps is simply "a plane" or "a rocket ship".

More relevant to a younger child, I think, is that if the child's father does not happen to ride on a caboose past her house, the "I'm glad to see the car that carried Dad" is a little puzzling and now takes the scenario out of her realm of experience. I know that one reviewer suggested that, in the companion "I Love Planes" the child is imagining that Mom is on the Space Station and if one's child is unable to make that leap he or she is sadly lacking intellectually. I myself think that that intellectual exercise is a bit much for the younger toddler that I think this book is appropriate for.

Still, one can never have too many books on one's offspring's major passions, and I do not think that the snags inherent in this book are necessarily prohibitive to it's enjoyment by a rail entranced tot.

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Bj

Favorite Book

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2014

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Both of our boys love trains. Our 5 year old received this book years ago & we read it to him quite frequently. Our 1 year old loves trains too, and would look through the book on his own. Unfortunately, he ripped many pages out of the book in his overzealous search through the book. Our 5 year old insisted we replace it. It's a wonderful, simple, easy book for any child to read or listen to. I probably know this book by heart.

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JiminFla.

Great book for a 4 year old

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2019

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I bought this book for a friend of mine who is the grandfather of a 4 year old boy. He tells me that he has to read it to him at least 5 times a day.

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CJ

Love it

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2020

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Cute story and love how educational the 1 and last pages are about the different cars of the train

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Gregson W. Lodge

For all kids, and train enthusiast parents!

Reviewed in Canada on June 1, 2015

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We already owned this book, and having liked it so much we purchased another as a gift for new friends who love trains just like us. The kids enjoy the bright colours and sturdy pages of this board book.

ももせっく

かわいくて、きれいな絵

Reviewed in Japan on November 27, 2003

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2歳の息子のために購入しました。小麦やりんごや牛や豚を積んだトラックがカラフルに描かれて、絵を見ているだけでも楽しめます。英語のほうも簡単すぎることもなく、勉強になると思います。2歳の子にそのまま読んでも理解できない程度の難しさはあるので、長めの文(e.g., I like trains that hoot and roar as they rumble by my door.)は日本語に訳し、荷物を積んだ貨車の説明文(e.g., Some cars carry trucks or grain, or cows)は、truckを積んで…cowを積んで、のように読み聞かせていますが。私はペーパーバックで購入しましたが、大きさもＡ４くらいで、きれいな絵が映えてます。ボードブックのほうがより良いんだろうなと思いますが、ペーパーバックでも満足度は高いですよ。

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