Farmyard Tales Wind-up Train Book - Stephen Cartwright

The Wind up Train book has three stories to read, Dolly and the Train At the seaside Rusty's Train Ride Each story includes a track embedded in the thick card pages to bring them to life as you watch the green wind up train whizz around. On the last track there is a turn table to change the direction of the train. The stories tell the adventures of Usborne's Farmyard Tales familiar characters Mrs Boot, her two children Poppy and Sam and their dog, Rusty. I would recomend it for ages 3 to 90 years. At a recent book stall I found that every time I wound up the train passers by, young and old, would stop to have a look ...  Read the complete review

I have to admit to being a huge fan of this 'book'. My youngest also has the Wind Up Tractor and Wind Up Noisy Fire Engine! To call this a book, really is inaccurate. It is so much more than a book. It is totally interactive. It comes with a green wind up train, with a picture of Rusty the Dog leaning out of the train window - presumably to allow the wind through his fur! There are three stories, each with a corresponding track for the train to go around. The train goes around each track twice when you give it a full wind. The third track, which accompanies the story Rusty's Train Ride, has a wheel, allowing you to change the direction of the ...  Read the complete review

What can I say about this absolutley fascinating book? Well I guess to start off with I should say that this isn't just a book, it is a train track as well! Wow - my son loves this book! Lets start from the outside and work our way inside, saving the best till last! This book is quite large, it is at least 35cm tall and 25 cm long and then about 10cm wide, so you are getting a lot of book for your money! The picture on teh front is of a steam train that is found in the Usborne Farmyard Tales series of books. The picture is colourful and represents the book and the three stories inside well. In a little boxed area accessed from the front of the book is a ...  Read the complete review