Book reviews contributed by participating librarians throughout the Santiago Library System

Monday, September 15, 2008

Trainstop, by Barbara Lehman


Rating: Additional
Houghton Mifflin, 2007, $16.00
ISBN: 978-0618756407
Age/Grade Level: grades 4-8

A story told only through pictures, a little girl's experience with an ordinary train ride turns unique when she encounters a group of tiny people who need her help. Whether it really happened or was just imagined is left up to the reader, though the tiny people are seen again after the girl returns home. A nice story for exercising a child's imagination, it would best be enjoyed alone or in a bedtime setting.


Reviewer: Monica Barrette, Orange Public Library