| | |  | Kitties | Home » » Curious George Takes a Train | | | | | | | Description: | | Down at the train station everyone is busy. No one notices a little monkey—until he tries to help with the schedule board. Soon George is hiding from an angry train master and notices something himself—a boy in trouble. Then it"s George to the rescue. By lending a helping hand (or two) Curious George gets a new friend, a big thank you, and a very special seat on the train. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9780618065677
• Condition: New
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| H. A. Rey | | Paperback:
| 24 pages | | Publisher:
| HMH Books | | Publication Date:
| October 28, 2002 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0618065679 | | Product Length:
| 8.02 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.96 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.12 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.8 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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 GoodSep 01, 2008
Good book. It's one of the older George stories and drawings, not one of the newer George stories and drawings.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Curious GeorgeNov 15, 2007
I love all the curious George books. Who Doesn't?
author of "Hobo Finds A Home"
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A Cute Story & Illustrations for Children Ages 3 - 6Apr 21, 2007
Curious George, Margret & H. A. Rey's loveable monkey (Technically he's a Chimpanzee but we won't quibble too much . . . .) has received a series of new stories but in the same structure and style of the original. In these stories, George is a good monkey who tries to be helpful but allows his curiosity to cause problems. In the end however, George saves the day and all is forgiven. In this story, George, along with the Man in the Yellow Hat, is going on a train trip, causes problems in the station and then prevents a small boy from falling on the tracks. In the end, George and his new friend the small boy receive a ride in the locomotive. (I hope they brought earplugs.)
My mother taught me to read with Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat more than 30 years ago and it is good to see new stories for the cheeky little fellow. This story does not have quite the touch of the original but is very close. A good story with a good lesson and highly recommended.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Not as Good as the Other George StoriesJul 20, 2006
My son LOVES trains, and he also loved the Curious George movie. He has several of the books based on the Rey's style, and the PS2 Curious George game.
Curious George Takes a Train is the first George book I've bought "sight unseen" (from Amazon.com). However, since my son loves both trains and George, I felt it was a great fit.
Granted, my son seems to like the book. Out of the four books illustrated/written in the Rey tradition, my son owns three by Martha Weston. The other--Curious George Goes to a Chocolate Factory--is illustrated by Vipah Interactive.
Weston is heavy on the black charcoal as it is (as seen in the shadowing of books like Curious George Visits a Toy Store), but she is *especially* heavy with the black illustrations in Curious George Takes a Train. In fact, it often looks as if a child has taken a black crayon and (no lie) colored vertical streaks of black right on top of the people!
It's very unattractive, in my opinion, but kids don't seem to notice these types of things. I also felt that the story was a bit harrowing for a George tale (a little boy runs from his father after a toy train, the gate closes behind him, and the boy almost goes out in front of the tracks--but George saves his life.)
The story is a bit quick...it goes from the Man with the Yellow Hat strolling off with Mrs. Needleman in the station to George climbing up and messing with the numbers and letters on the train schedule--and then off to saving the boy!
If your child is a train enthusiast who likes George, he/she will likely enjoy this book. However, as far as stories go--and illustrations--there are better books in this series, in my opinion.
4 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Another take on GeorgeNov 05, 2004
Refusing to believe that love permits control or perhaps distracted by his companion Mrs. Needleman, the man with the yellow hat once again disappears as George wanders unsupervised. This time, in a train station mired in mid-century stasis, George rearranges the trainmaster's board in a misguided attempt to help. In the end, George discovers that what it takes to be forgiven is good intentions and the quick wits to save someone's life. Unlike Vipah Interactive's spanking clean take on George, Martha Weston's looser, darker illustrations harken back to the original's feeling of big city grit.
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