Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site And Steam Train, Dream Train Board Books Boxed Set Read Free Books and Download eBooks
Two New York Times Best Sellers finally available as board books!Even the roughest, toughest readers will want to turn off their engines and snuggle up with these sweet and soothing stories. Gentle rhyming text and vibrant art make these books surefire bedtime favorites for train- and construction-crazy kids everywhere.
Lexile Measure: 820 (What's this?)
Board book: 66 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books; Box Brdbk edition (September 15, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1452146985
ISBN-13: 978-1452146980
Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.9 x 6.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (156 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,160 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3 in Books > Children's Books > Cars, Trains & Things That Go > Trains #10 in Books > Children's Books > Cars, Trains & Things That Go > Cars & Trucks #20 in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Family Life > Sleep
Age Range: 2 - 5 years
Grade Level: Preschool and up
This is a really nice duo board book gift set. The box is really sturdy and not flimsy, which is great since the reason you purchase board books is for the durability and that they last during the toddler "must-destroy-everything" phase. Included in the set are Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train.The great thing about this set is that you cannot purchase these books separately as a board book. These are only available separately as a paperback, hardback, kindle, or watered down version of Goodnight, Goodnight as a sound book.What I love most about them is that my 3 year-old who is a planes, trains, and automobiles kind of guy will sit down and listen to the story from start to finish. He loves to point out all the different trucks and "remind" me that he has one just like it. Likewise with Steam Train, he tells me about the engineer and the caboose and everything else kids love about trains. Reading is perfect for the 3-4 age range. The story is not too short, but it's not too long. Like Goldilocks, the story length is just right. Both books are also great at encouraging him that it's time to go to sleep and that bedtime and going to sleep is okay because trucks do it too. I purchased the set for 12.97, so for 13 dollars I have two great board books that my busy, always on the go, son will sit down and enjoy.
These books remind me of the famous, "Are you my Mother" book. Nicely written, endearing stories that young children will love to hear read to them over and over again. These are peaceful, pleasant stories that are perfect for bed-time reading.GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, CONSTRUCTION SITE is an endearing story of all the construction working hard during the day, then turning in for a well-deserved sleep at night. "Now dump truck's tired and wants to sleep."STEAM TRAIN DREAM TRAIN is a cute tale about all the animals loading up the train's cargo. When done, the weary crew hops on board, and settles in for the journey:"The Weary crew can rest their heads,and settle in, and tuck in tight,Their work is finished for tonight."Of course, the long-necked giraffe sits in the caboose, with his head sticking out through the sunroof--where else would he fit?Beautiful illustrations throughout, solid "board" pages make this a real winner. This is an absolutely delightful set!
Great books, I already had steam train dream train in a large book. I wanted the other construction book and it was going for the same price as a single, why not buy the set?Well it turns out I didn't read the fine print, these books are much smaller than the original book I had. They're also cardboard. Which to my surprise is even better for letting my 2 year old read the book as he can't rip pages.
My 2.5 year old wants these books read to him every night. He picks them up throughout the day and "reads" them to himself. When his 2 year old friend visit, it quickly became his favorite & almost tug of war over who got to reach which book.
My son (3 in August) is OBSESSED with the construction site book! I bought this set so he could have the board book and "read" it on his own; I don't let him have paper pages unless I am reading with him. He also likes the train story, but not quite as much. I will admit, I like the construction site story better as well, but I'd read it before and was familiar with it. Both stories rhyme and have fun rhythms to them. The books contain the FULL stories. This set is a perfect gift for a little one, or for parents-to-be!
Great little set of books. My two and a half year old son seems to enjoy them both.Personally, I prefer Goodnight Construction Site -- the rhymes flow and were perfectly easy to put into song on the very first read-thru. That said, it *is* just a jumble of pages anthropomorphizing random construction equipment, so ... your mileage may vary.Dream Train provides a lot more diversity of scenery -- a whole lot more characters (animals, yay!) to look at and each page is different (whereas Construction Site follows a more rigid pattern); however, a lot of the rhymes didn't come naturally to me ... i.e., it took multiple readings for me to memorize the appropriate ways to apply emphasis in order to get all the rhymes right in a song. That said, I know not everyone sings their books (I'm a quirky dude) so no big deal.
I bought this set for my 2 year old and he absolutely adores it. He LOVES the construction site one in particular. I love the illustrations in these books and they are very sturdy but a nice size so little ones can hold easily. The detail in the illustrations is awesome. For example if you look closely you see one of the vehicles have a teddy bear in their "hand" and another has a blanket on top of it. Too cute ! I appreciate that the authors did not make the wording too simplistic. For example in the construction site book it takes you through bedtime for various construction vehicles (dump truck, crane truck, cement mixer, excavator, etc.). I mean how many books actually use the word excavator ? I am very pleased with this purchase.
I was getting Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site for my son and decided on the box set. GGCS is a cute book that follows various different pieces of construction equipment as they go through their bedtime routines. The pictures are on the dark side but in a soothing way. The story is cute but it takes a bit too much time to get the cadence of the rhyme right. There are a couple of places where I improvise because I just can't seem to make the original words fit. All in all it is a cute book.Steam Train, Dream Train is a bit more abstract and vague for my tastes. It uses the same type of dark illustrations but since the story is a bit more vague sometimes the pictures seem a little out of place. If I did it again I would only buy GGCS and leave off STDT.
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