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32 pp.
| Hyperion |
August, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4231-1837-4$16.99
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Illustrated by
Dan Andreasen.
A boy travels alone by train to visit his grandmother in the city: "Ticket ready. Tight grip. / To Grandma's house. Train trip!" Spare rhyming text includes sensory details of a train experience. Die-hard locomotive fans will likely notice when the illustrations, starring a smiling pink-cheeked train engine and doll-like human figures, don't match the more concrete words.