Night Train: A Journey from Dusk to Dawn

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This cinematic book takes readers along on a steam engine's journey through the night, from a city to a small town. Varied landscapes as well as color shifts show the passage of time from dusk to night to dawn. The rhythmic text is perfect for bedtime reading, and train lovers young and old will appreciate the various railway details incorporated in the text and art. Night train wakens to the dusk, groggy, stretching, load and roll, load and roll. Bringing warmth and wonder to the night, this book will send young readers off to sleep dreaming of the steady train journeying through the night.

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"Soothing words and steady rhythm make a solid bedtime story for young listeners." - Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Annie Cronin Romano is a speech-language therapist and blogger. She has her teaching certification in high school English and a master's in communication disorders. Her group blog "24 Carrot Writing" focuses on writing strategies and motivating writers. She lives in Massachusetts. Her first book, Before You Sleep (illustrated by Ioana Hobai), will be published by Page Street Kids in fall 2018. Ileana Soon, debut picture book illustrator, has a degree in illustration and entertainment arts from the Art Center College of Design in California, and has won multiple illustration awards. Having grown up in a small town in Borneo, Malaysia, she now lives and works in Los Angeles.