Red Caboose: A Little Lionel Book about Colors

by June Doolittle

Lionel Trains come to life on the pages of this board book -- perfect for the young train lover. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689828357
• ISBN13: 9780689828355
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Little Simon
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.7" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 1 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

accurate representations of trains for reading to toddlers

This short board book is sure to be a hit with little train lovers. It is very sturdy and each 2-page spread depicts at least 2 train cars. Because this is a Lionel book, the illustrations of the various cars are very accurate and more detailed than other train board books that are on the market (some of which are very cartoon-y and not true to life in appearance). There are many different train cars in this book, each a different color and the text includes the color, hence the subtitle referencing this is a book to teach colors. (I feel that any book with objects of various colors can be discussed during a reading to teach colors, you don't need a special board book to teach colors. Just pick objects your child is interested in and simply mention the colors and they will pick it up easily. My children happen to love trains so the fact that this book obviously was intended to write colors is a coincidence for our family.) The different trains depicted are caboose, hopper car, log car, auto car, tank car, boxcar, crane train, flatcar, and steam locomotive and tender. There is a lot going on in the illustrations including children and adults doing various things near the train, a farm wit cows, and a night road construction scene. There is much to talk about to go beyond the simple and short text. The text rhymes and is catchy. This is a cute book and is not annoying as some board books are. There are ten pages (I wish there were more)!Note that this is one in a series of train books published by "Little Lionel". I suggest that all young train fans buy the entire series!

Little Red Caboose Chug, Chug, Chug

As a child I loved the song Little Red Caboose. Now as a mother I am teaching this song to my two year old. We were delighted to find such a colorful and accurate book of all the train cars, including the red caboose. Now when my son sees a train, he immediately break out into song and wants to read his Little Red Caboose book. The book is excellent for teaching colors and the pictures are sure to delight very young readers. It is good to be able to tell a child about the way trains use to be.