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title: "Shortcut: An Award-Winning Suspenseful Picture Book About Trains and Family for Children (Ages 4-8)"
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# Shortcut: An Award-Winning Suspenseful Picture Book About Trains and Family for Children (Ages 4-8)

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- **What is this?** Shortcut: An Award-Winning Suspenseful Picture Book About Trains and Family for Children (Ages 4-8)
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Shortcut: An Award-Winning Suspenseful Picture Book About Trains and Family for Children (Ages 4-8) [Crews, Donald, Crews, Donald] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Shortcut: An Award-Winning Suspenseful Picture Book About Trains and Family for Children (Ages 4-8)

Review: a favorite - This is a great book that holds the students interest. The children get very excited and make predictions as to what is next as I read.
Review: The tension feels real! - This is the best example of building tension in a picture book that I've ever seen! The words are sparse but the story is complete. And the whoo-whoos and klakity-klaks had the kids reading along right away. They intuitively knew from the art how loud a whoo should be. Amazing!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #144,087 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #158 in Children's Trains Books (Books) #601 in Children's Black & African American Story Books #3,562 in Children's Friendship Books |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (274) |
| Dimensions  | 8 x 0.25 x 10 inches |
| Edition  | 1st Mulberry Ed |
| Grade level  | Preschool - 3 |
| ISBN-10  | 0688135765 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0688135768 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 32 pages |
| Publication date  | September 20, 1996 |
| Publisher  | Greenwillow Books |
| Reading age  | 4 - 8 years |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a favorite
*by D***S on December 13, 2025*

This is a great book that holds the students interest. The children get very excited and make predictions as to what is next as I read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The tension feels real!
*by C***R on December 14, 2024*

This is the best example of building tension in a picture book that I've ever seen! The words are sparse but the story is complete. And the whoo-whoos and klakity-klaks had the kids reading along right away. They intuitively knew from the art how loud a whoo should be. Amazing!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great book
*by J***Z on September 13, 2013*

All of my children have loved this book, so much so I've had to buy several replacement copies. Some people criticize it for teaching a bed lesson (glorifying doing something dangerous and keeping secrets from adults), but what it does is perfectly capture a child's perspective of doing something wrong (and dangerous) and learning a lesson independent of adult input. In case you are wondering (spoiler alert), the kids take a short cut on train tracks and almost get hit by a train. Crews is at his best in this one with succinct sentences that are wonderful to read out loud, lots of action, and beautiful illustrations.

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