In "Hey! Get Off Our Train" by John Burningham, a young boy embarks on a whimsical adventure aboard a train filled with unexpected animal passengers. When the train is occupied by a variety of creatures, including a bear, a zebra, and a giraffe, the boy must navigate how to share his space with them. Each animal presents a unique challenge, leading to imaginative interactions and responses. The story celebrates themes of friendship, sharing, and the joy of imagination, encouraging readers to embrace the unexpected and find common ground with those who are different from them. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called Dragonfly Books .

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 1994 by Turtleback Books .

John Burningham (1936-2019) studied illustration and graphic design at the Central School of Art, graduating with distinction in 1959. Many illustration commissions followed including iconic posters for London Transport, before the publication of Borka: the Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers, Johns first book for children (Cape, 1963) which won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration and heralded the beginning of an extraordinary career. John Burningham has since written and illustrated over thirty picture books, that have been translated and distributed all over the world. These feature his classic and much loved childrens books including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, by Ian Fleming (Jonathan Cape, 1964); Mr Gumpys Outing (Jonathan Cape, 1970) also awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal; Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Jonathan Cape, 1972); The Shopping Basket (Random House, 1980); The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Penguin/Puffin, 1983); Granpa (Jonathan Cape, 1984) later made into an animated film and Oi! Get off our Train (Jonathan Cape, 1989) and various books for adults England (Jonathan Cape, 1992); France (Jonathan Cape, 1998); The Time of Your Life (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2002) and When We Were Young (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004). Tug of War was republished in 2012, and a special edition of Borka, celebrating 50 years in print, was published in June 2013. Picnic appeared in the autumn of 2013 and The Way to the Zoo was published in the UK in 2014. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is celebrating its 50th year in print with a limited edition in hardback to be published in 2015.