The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

de Roo, Elena

The Rain Train

32 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-5313-2 $15.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Brian Lovelock. "The ting of the rain-- / Ping-itta-pang..." Climb aboard the Rain Train for a gentle trip through a stormy night. De Roo's rhyming, lyrical text never derails; the onomatopoeic verse rolls rhythmically along, lulling listeners and moving the action forward. Lovelock's misty watercolor and ink illustrations, dominated by dusky purples and blues, convey the excitement of a special nighttime journey.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2011