The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Burton, Virginia Lee

Choo Choo: The Story of a Little Engine Who Ran Away

48 pp. | Houghton | September, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-74984-9 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-328-49181-7
New ed. (1937)

(4) PS Colorization by Lauren Pettapiece. Burton's classic tale of the little locomotive who decides to take off on her own adventure one day, wreaking havoc all along her route before being rescued, has been reissued in a new colorized edition. Burton's original charcoal illustrations were bold and dynamic enough as they were; the new colors don't add much.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2037