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Children's Fiction Christmas & Advent

All Aboard! The Christmas Train (An Abrams Extend-a-Book)

A Holiday Board Book

by (author) Nichole Mara

illustrated by Andrew Kolb

Publisher
Abrams Appleseed
Initial publish date
Oct 2018
Category
Christmas & Advent, Activity Books, Railroads & Trains, Media Tie-In, African American, Holidays & Celebrations
Recommended Age
0 to 3
Recommended Grade
p to 12
  • Board book

    ISBN
    9781419732959
    Publish Date
    Oct 2018
    List Price
    $12.99

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Description

Nichole Mara and Andrew Kolb’s All Aboard! The Christmas Train is a fun, interactive board book ride from beginning to end, featuring a running landscape dotted with objects for children to find and count on the back of the book.

Folding out car by car, this accordion-style book takes readers on a tour of Santa’s Christmas train. Each car has lots to see—elves making toys, penguins playing, reindeer preparing for the big day—as Santa searches for his missing boot.

“This delightful, non-narrative excursion unfolds—literally—in a sturdy volume that extends into a yuletide train over 4 feet long. . . . With so much to see, seek, and answer, this book has a ton of interactive appeal. The cartoonish illustrations are charming and rich in detail, and it is rendered in a lush, pleasing palette with a refreshingly brown-skinned Santa as its star. Train-loving tots may fancy this Christmas ride all year long.” —Kirkus Reviews

 

About the authors

Nichole Mara only has two feet, and she’s not afraid to use them to run, jump, and play all around New York City.

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Andrew Kolb first garnered attention with his illustrated version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity. Since then, he has created illustrations for clients including Chickadee magazine, the Toronto Zoo, and Pixar. He is also the author of Edmund Unravels and the illustrator of All Aboard! Let’s Ride a Train, All Aboard! The Christmas Train, All Aboard! The Airport Train, and Disney All Aboard! Mickey’s Railway. He lives in Ontario, Canada.

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Editorial Reviews

"Kolb’s spirited cartoon art offers plenty of eye candy (kudos to Kolb for Santa’s brown skin), while the long and narrow, multifaceted format is great fun."

Publishers Weekly

"This delightful, non-narrative excursion unfolds—literally—in a sturdy volume that extends into a yuletide train over 4 feet long . . . With so much to see, seek, and answer, this book has a ton of interactive appeal. The cartoonish illustrations are charming and rich in detail, and it is rendered in a lush, pleasing palette with a refreshingly brown-skinned Santa as its star. Train-loving tots may fancy this Christmas ride all year long."

Kirkus Reviews

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