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List Price: $4.99 | | Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Salesrank: 92249
Released: June 26, 2007 |
| Our Price: $2.00 |
| Used Price: $1.94 |
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| Media: Board book |
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Editorial Review:
Thomas thee blue train works all day while Percy the green train works all night. Told in the simplest language, here is a charming tale of what they each do. PerfectÑand portableÑfor toddlers and their caregivers.
Thomas and Friends: Blue Train, Green Train (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) Reviews:
a favotite 
2008-07-29 - A favotite of my five year old. Likes to point to the charactors and and act out the story.
Great Thomas book 
2008-07-29 - I agree with the other reviewer that this book probably isn't the best for a beginning reader. My two year old loves it as a "read this to me book", and I like it so much more than the Thomas books that are stories from the tv shows (I don't really like the themes in the some of shows--teasing, naughtiness, "you get what's coming to you", etc). I think it would have been even better if it had still photos, that is the best part of the other Thomas books. But regardless this book is very catchy (as any Dr. Suess-type book would be) and it is my favorite Thomas book. It is my toddler's favorite Thomas book too, I think he likes the rhymes. He brings it to me to read as often as he brings me his truck and car books. (He has a few of the Thomas books from the tv show as well and doesn't touch them).
Cute, Colorful Book - a review of "Blue Train, Green Train"
2007-11-18 - This Bright-and-Early book does not have an Accelerated Reading designation. And while it is described by the publisher as being intended "for an even lower age group" than "Beginner Books", my own Mom-Guessimate for the reading level would be 2nd Grade. I say this because the vocabulary is quite beyond any 'beginner' I've known. Here's an example from one page near the end:
Up peeps the yellow sun!
Green train Percy now is done.
Home now to the Shed.
"Peep, peep"
The Shed is where
Percy can sleep.
Harder words include: clickety, orange, trikes, shadows, clouds, crates, stack, presents, and thick.
Now while all pages do not have as much text as the example above, the vocabulary is fairly consistent in it's difficulty.
Four Stars ::: This is a very nice book that tells the story of two friends who aren't on the same schedule. Percy is taking the mail at night, and Thomas is making his runs during the day.
For babies and toddlers there is a lot to talk about: colors and shapes, animals and things like eggs, bicycles and wagons. Fairly advanced readers could find this good practice if they are still interested in Thomas and Friends. For everyone else, it is a good Read-aloud. We liked the rhyme and colorful artwork. [No still photos from the television show in this book.]
