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libbydmccarthy's review against another edition
3.0
My 21-mo-old son really liked this. There are no words, which honestly bothers me, but there's not logical reason that it should. I just like to really know what the author intended when I read a book, but it's a cute story.
mrsbond's review against another edition
3.0
Girl and her family take a train ride. The train suddenly stops for a curious little man; everyone in the car is sleeping except the the girl. She sees and helps a community of very small people. Illustrations are simple; preschoolers could navigate this story with some assistance.
iammandyellen's review against another edition
2.0
It isn't actually that we didn't like this book, just that it was a bit boring. For toddlers, a book without words in a sort of graphic novel style can be a great opportunity for invention, a chance to practice identification and learn new words, and even a way to practice interpreting visual narrative without explanatory linguistic clues. So in this way, the book was useful to the twins even though it wasn't very engaging otherwise.
the_lobrarian's review against another edition
- Illustrations are watercolor, gouache, and ink
maidmarianlib's review against another edition
3.0
Wordless Picture book. Unique pictures but the story line is a little odd.
createassemblage's review against another edition
3.0
a picture book depicting a small girls trip on a train with her parents. The adults all fall asleep and we are taken through the countryside where the little girl gets off the train in a village of very tiny people. She helps one of them get unstuck from a tree (along with their toy airplane). You wonder if it was all a dream or wishful thinking.
The illustrations were fun to see and my daughter enjoyed creating the story as we went along. We liked the ending. Ending reminded me of The Polar Express.
The illustrations were fun to see and my daughter enjoyed creating the story as we went along. We liked the ending. Ending reminded me of The Polar Express.
pussreboots's review against another edition
4.0
Link+ due September 4, 2016
Wordless urban fantasy picture book.
Wordless urban fantasy picture book.
mariab's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of the first times I’ve ventured into “full-length” wordless picture books with Preschooler, but it’s alot of fun. Trainstop feels like a mixture of Gulliver’s Travels and The Polar Express (intrigued yet??) One fun aspect about wordless picture books is that the stories never come out quite the same. I read the book the first time, but each time after that Preschooler has contributed, or read parts of it to me. It’s something a little different than the normal storytime for us, and it’s helping her realize just how much pictures can aid in story comprehension.
luann's review
4.0
I love that you can't tell at the first that the people she is looking at out the train window are tiny - until she gets off of the train to help them.
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