As the station clock goes “Tick-tock, tickerty-tock . . .” (n.p.), a colorful train goes on its way down the tracks with a “Clickerty-click, clickerty-clack . . .” (n.p.), carrying carloads of passengers, all having something to say about the train ride. The text is simple but full of interesting-sounding words that are different from the sounds usually associated with the ticking of a clock, a moving train, noisy hens, and so on. The illustrations feature a string of in tricately patterned and brightly colored cars on an old-fashioned train filled with equally detailed and colorful passengers . ca

Originally published by Walker Books Great Britain, in 2007.