TECHNOLOGY
Spaight, Anne J.

Trains on the Go

(4) K-3 Bumba Books: Machines That Go series. This series employs the high-interest subject of vehicles to encourage beginning readers and introduce nonfiction conventions. A brightly colored design and varied photographs, with some diversity in the human drivers pictured, complement the accessible texts. The information is slight, but sidebars with relevant, appropriately challenging critical thinking questions encourage young readers' engagement. A labeled vehicle diagram is included at the end. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Bumba Books: Machines That Go titles: Ambulances on the Go, Monster Trucks on the Go, Motorcycles on the Go, Big Rigs on the Go, Police Cars on the Go, and Trains on the Go.

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