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Big Blue Train [Paperback]

Julia Jarman (Author), Adrian Reynolds (Illustrator)
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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Publication Date: 21 Aug 2008
Toot toot! Hold tight! Ben and Bella are off on another adventure! This time with the Big Blue Train!
They set off for the seaside, with various animal friends jumping, leaping and squashing aboard along the way, but will everyone manage to squeeze on, and just why is everyone heading for the seaside?

A brilliant second title from Julia and Adrian, the team that brought you the bright and bouncy award-winning Big Red Bath.

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  • Paperback: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Orchard (21 Aug 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1846164362
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846164361
  • Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 0.4 x 29.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 61,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A delightful cumulative story to share with the very young... A super book for the nursery box.

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About the Author

Julia Jarman is best known for her young fiction title for Andersen, The Time Travelling Cat, but the birth of her first grandchild inspired her to start writing picture book stories too which started with the incredibly popular Big Red Bath for Orchard. Julia lives in Bedfordshire. Adrian Reynolds is one of today's most popular children's illustrators. He illustrated the best-selling Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs, which has now become a popular animated TV series. Adrian also wrote and illustrated the popular Pete and Polo series for Orchard. Adrian lives in Cambridge.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great read! 12 May 2008
By Book Worm
Format:Hardcover
The Big Blue Train is such fun! It celebrates the exciting imaginary jaunts that all 3 and 4 year olds love to go on. All they need is a cardboard box, or the arm of a chair, and they're away! The delightful text is easy to remember and join in with. So particularly good for early readers. The pictures are bright and full of humour. Every Nursery and Infant class will want a copy and the libraries will need loads for their borrowers. It should be a sell out! Just a thought,I bet there are already a few granddads (and grandmas!) out there busily designing their own versions of that amazing blue train!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect present for a 2-3 year old 10 Oct 2012
By PCNearly
Format:Paperback
I have to read this book to my three year old every night. She loves it and I think it has great flow, like poetry and is one of those good books that are ok and if not enjoyable to read repetitively. The puppy turns three in the story so a nice gift for a birthday. Thanks Julia Jarman.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My son's favourite book! 6 April 2012
By Cat
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book that my 22-month has loved for several months now. I hope he will continue to love it as I really enjoy reading it. I have just bought the Big Red Bath and Big Yellow Digger on the basis of this book. Can't recommend highly enough!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Grandson loves this story 3 Sep 2011
By Geordie Girl
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Having loaned this book from our local library for weeks on end I finally gave in and bought it from Amazon. My three year old Grandson loves it and told me I only needed to get the Big Red Bath now!!! That's another book from the same author and illustrator. He loves them both. Excellent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Big Blue Train 15 Aug 2011
By joy
Format:Paperback
My children and I (aged 36, 5 and nearly 2!) love reading this book aloud and making train noises. My son loves the rhythm of the story and my daughter loves pointing out all the animals who squeeze into the train going to the party. The illustrations are lovely and bright. I bought it because my daughter had been reading Big Red Bath at nursery and really loved it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars fun book 3 April 2011
By suther2
Format:Paperback
This book is a huge hit in our house for my almost 2 and almost 4 year old alike. We had it out from the library on many occasions and eventually bought our own (along with 'The big red bath').
Pictures are fantastic, really bring the story alive and lots to point out on each page. The repitition of words throughout are fun for the kids to join in..'.blow the whistle bella....pull the handle ben!'
The book is fun for a range of ages, one of the few my 2 will both sit mesmorised with at the same time!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Huffa puffa chuffa luffa! 11 Nov 2010
By j- j-smith
Format:Board book
Reading this over and over with our 2 year old. Does he like it because he likes trains, or does he like trains because of books like this? Whatever the case, Big Blue Train is fun. From a parent's point of view - it's possible to read again and again without becoming sick of it (only just beginning to realise how important this is). It's well-written - reading aloud is a pleasure, with a good rhythm and clever rhymes: "Sorry, camel - there's no room for another mammal". The one thing I would have liked - every now and again, train noises are woven into the rhyme - I'd have liked to repeat these more (and, in fact, I do).

The story is fun too - it may be a fantastical train ride, but it's very clear that the children in the story are constructing it from the toys around them - hopefully encouraging the readers to use their imagination too.

I wouldn't have said that I was a fan of the illustration style, but it's beginning to win me over; there's a lot more expression and enjoyment in the illustrations than I would have expected.

We've just bought Big Red Bath on the back of this, which is also good. The rhythm and words in the first half have the edge, I think, but it seems to flow slightly less well after that - I prefer Big Blue Train, as it seems to keep up its pace all the way through.

This edition is the hard cover "baby" edition - although we started off with the full size softcover from the library. It's a nice size, seems durable, and the glossy finish means the illustrations leap off the page.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book 5 Feb 2010
By Sarah Harrison
Format:Paperback
My three year old son loves this book, he is a big fan of trains. Has lovely pictures to talk about as well as reading the story
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