The Alphabet Train is leaving the station! That would be many trains, actually, in this A (Auto-Train) to Z (California Zephyr) look at different kinds of rail transport. The examples range from the general (freight train) to the specific (“Q train—Fifth to Lex”), all presented in paired letter couplets (“O is for ore train, hauling iron in the back. P is for Pacific Surfliner. Store your surfboard on a rack.”). Brief information about the specific trains or kinds of trains listed is provided at book’s end. Young train enthusiasts will be on board with this alphabet book, made even more inviting by the stylized illustrations suggestive of early to mid–20th century travel posters. (Ages 3–7)

All aboard for a train ride through the alphabet! Whether chug-chug-chugging up a mountainside in an Incline train or zipping at super speed in a Bullet train, trains will get you where you need to be—A to Z!

There is a train—some familiar and some unusual—for every letter of the alphabet. Trains are used all over the world for carrying people and cargo from place to place. With a bouncy rhyming text, and clever illustrations full of visual cues, young readers will love learning all about trains.

A companion to the Children's Book Award nominated Alphabet Trucks!

· CCBC Choices 2016: Annual best-of-the-year list of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center.