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The Old Steam Train (Farmyard Tales Readers)
The Old Steam Train - Farmyard Tales Readers
Author: Heather Amery, Stephen Cartwright (Illustrator)
ISBN-13: 9780746033364
ISBN-10: 0746033362
Publication Date: 6/1999
Pages: 15
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Rating:
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Usborne Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Gift copy! You never read this book once, at least 3 times in one sitting. I have a 3-year-old boy and he loves this simple story about the "Boot Family". The family helps the Old Steam Train and the Station to work again.
The pictures are on a white background, which make them easy to look at. They are wonderful, bright and very descriptive drawings. This all assists the child to start reading books and they don't want to stop. They learn to read the short simple text located on top of the page (about 5 easy words). Then the book has longer text on the bottom of the page, which you read to the child. You build up the child's confidence and then they start to read the whole book with you. It's great when my child joins in and gets all excited. I couldn't ask for more from a book.
The book also has maps of Apple Tree Farm. In which you can do your own stories and see where the story you have just read. Also a little yellow duck is on every page for the child to find.