A beautiful, rhythmic, read-aloud text taking the reader on a fantasy train ride through a storm at night. When the rain fingers drum out a dance on the pane. When the windows are foggy enough for my name. A pitter-pat-pat, a pitter-pat-pat, a pittery-pittery-pittery-pat. When it's thundering down on the roof, in the lane, from the storm, comes the call ... "All aboard the Rain Train!" Join the children for a journey on the Rain Train. Listen to the noises the train makes as it moves through the countryside and into the dark night.

 

This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Storylines Notable New Zealand Books.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2011 by Walker Books Ltd .

Elena de Roo lives in a rather chaotic house with her husband, three teenage children, their granny and a cat. She has published several readers, while her stories, poems and plays have appeared in Australia's The School Magazine. The Rain Train is her first picture book. Raymond Huber has been a social worker, gardener, primary school teacher, lecturer, writer and editor. He lives in New Zealand. Visit his website at www. raymondhuber. co. nz. Brian Lovelock illustrated Roadwork by Sally Sutton as well as The Rain Train by Elena de Roo and Did My Mother Do That? by Sharon Holt. A geophysicist and fine artist, Brian Lovelock lives in New Zealand.