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# Choo Choo

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Review: Another son who loves this book, BUT... - Like other reviewers, my son loves this book and learned it by heart. We love the artistic style, and my son has given particular attention, over and over, to the lovingly drawn portrait of (what I presume to be) the author's son playing with trains at the front of the book. The language used in the story is a bit dated, but that's OK. I suppose what grates on me, after dozens of readings of this book, is the core lesson that it is better to keep your head down and do your assigned job rather than pursue your dreams. This lesson is reinforced at the end of the book, when Choo Choo happily announces that [SPOILERS follow] she will never run away again and will go back to hauling passengers and mail like she is supposed to. If you look at the entire story arc, Choo Choo vainly dreams of seeing the big city and becoming famous, and runs away to pursue this dream. She runs into trouble when she is overwhelmed by the bigness of the city, then gets lost in the wilderness and literally runs out of steam, where she sits forlorn and is only rescued by the engineer and helpers that she ran away from in the beginning. In other words, in the course of the book Choo Choo did not solve a single problem or overcome any obstacles. She tried to achieve something, failed, was "saved" by her operators, and happily agreed that it would be better to never have tried in the first place. Maybe I'm reading too much into it. It's a short kids' story, and whatever you think of it, this can easily be a teachable moment with your kids one way or the other. It's a quaint reflection of an earlier time when duty and obedience were frequently thought to be one and the same. But this lesson, reinforced over dozens of readings, continues to give me pause, and I just wanted to flag this for other parents. I've still given it a 5 star rating because, at the end of the day, it's a fun book about trains, with wonderful illustrations, that continues to bring my son joy.
Review: 3 year old loves it! - My daughter loves this book. Anything by Burton is just fantastic! I am extremely discerning about what books make it on to our home bookshelves, and this one is staying a long while! The story is engaging and the characters relatable, with wonderful illustrations that being the story to life! The illustrations are black and white, but sometimes that is important in a book because it engages the child’s imagination (e.g. “Jim took his red handkerchief and flagged it down.”) :)

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,044,171 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #74 in Children's Trains Books (Books) #959 in Children's Classics #1,773 in Children's Action & Adventure Books (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (375) |
| Dimensions  | 7.75 x 0.42 x 10.5 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| Grade level  | Preschool - 3 |
| ISBN-10  | 0544749847 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0544749849 |
| Item Weight  | 13.8 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 48 pages |
| Publication date  | September 26, 2017 |
| Publisher  | Clarion Books |
| Reading age  | 2 - 5 years, from customers |

## Images

![Choo Choo - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81EEyRXz8HL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Another son who loves this book, BUT...
*by T***M on January 4, 2015*

Like other reviewers, my son loves this book and learned it by heart. We love the artistic style, and my son has given particular attention, over and over, to the lovingly drawn portrait of (what I presume to be) the author's son playing with trains at the front of the book. The language used in the story is a bit dated, but that's OK. I suppose what grates on me, after dozens of readings of this book, is the core lesson that it is better to keep your head down and do your assigned job rather than pursue your dreams. This lesson is reinforced at the end of the book, when Choo Choo happily announces that [SPOILERS follow] she will never run away again and will go back to hauling passengers and mail like she is supposed to. If you look at the entire story arc, Choo Choo vainly dreams of seeing the big city and becoming famous, and runs away to pursue this dream. She runs into trouble when she is overwhelmed by the bigness of the city, then gets lost in the wilderness and literally runs out of steam, where she sits forlorn and is only rescued by the engineer and helpers that she ran away from in the beginning. In other words, in the course of the book Choo Choo did not solve a single problem or overcome any obstacles. She tried to achieve something, failed, was "saved" by her operators, and happily agreed that it would be better to never have tried in the first place. Maybe I'm reading too much into it. It's a short kids' story, and whatever you think of it, this can easily be a teachable moment with your kids one way or the other. It's a quaint reflection of an earlier time when duty and obedience were frequently thought to be one and the same. But this lesson, reinforced over dozens of readings, continues to give me pause, and I just wanted to flag this for other parents. I've still given it a 5 star rating because, at the end of the day, it's a fun book about trains, with wonderful illustrations, that continues to bring my son joy.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 3 year old loves it!
*by A***R on March 17, 2022*

My daughter loves this book. Anything by Burton is just fantastic! I am extremely discerning about what books make it on to our home bookshelves, and this one is staying a long while! The story is engaging and the characters relatable, with wonderful illustrations that being the story to life! The illustrations are black and white, but sometimes that is important in a book because it engages the child’s imagination (e.g. “Jim took his red handkerchief and flagged it down.”) :)

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Timeless Story About a Runaway Engine
*by K***O on November 6, 2020*

Like her other children’s books this is a wonderful story about a runaway train engine that was written in the 1930s. My three year old grandson’s favorite. He role plays the story almost every day. Love it. A wonderful author and illustrator. Have all of her children’s books.

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