Other editions of book The Train Ride

Friendly advice for reading fun included in every book!READ AND SHARE is a unique first library for parents and children that helps build early readers’ confidence. Grouped in four progressive levels, Read and Share books - available individually for the first time - are specially selected for qualities that encourage literacy skills and a love of reading.Sixteen top-quality books with notes for extending reading fun inspire the confidence parents and children need to experience the joys of reading . . . together. Plus an informative Parents’ Handbook!What is Read and Share?—An expert selection of sixteen high-quality picture books by superb authors and illustrators, featuring a multicultural array of subjects, including poetry and rhymes, traditional songs, stories, and information books —Four progressive levels - Beginnings, Early Steps, Next Steps, and Taking Off - each including four fabulous picture books—Two full spreads inside each book offering suggestions and activities inspired by the story, designed to help parents and children get the most out of each book - and build a foundation for reading success—A separate 24-page, full-color Parents’ Handbook providing extensive practical information and detailed answers to many of the questions parents ask about encouraging their children’s literacy

PreSchool-Grade 1?A rhyming text, similar in cadence to Bill Martin's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See (Holt, 1983), sets the tone for a ride on the rails. A little girl and her mother board the train in the city and travel through the countryside to the seaside town where the child's grandmother lives. The verse runs below the full-bled chalk-pastel illustrations and repeatedly asks, "What shall I see? What shall I see?" The turn of the page reveals a new panorama, the reply, and the refrain, "That's what I see, That's what I see." Soft-edged artwork, done in warm, sunny colors, is appealing in its simplicity