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32 pp.
| Viking
| May, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-670-87946-0$$15.99
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Illustrated by
Margaret Spengler.
Luminous drawings depict a train full of yaks, acrobats, ducks, elephants, and mice, while a cumulative rhyme describes cumulating chaos. Following the trajectory of many a family car trip, the engineer threatens to turn around and head back if they don't pipe down. The once-noisy passengers sitting with meek, serious expressions are just as amusing as the illustrations of chaos.