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Award-winner author and illustrator J.W. Dixon invites your child to be the hero
in this book. Climb aboard! This heart warming Create-A-Book begins in your
hometown's favorite train station and emphasizes that you don't have to be big
to be important.
Features a hard wipe clean cover, 36 pages, 6 3/4
inches by 8 1/4 inches. Brightly illustrated. Personalized with the child's name
through out, it is sure to bring excitement and hours of enjoyment. Great way
to encourage reading.
"The Train With
No Name"
was created especially for
Sarah Lynn Smith
at the age of
5
With love from
Mommy and Daddy
2002
Sarah Smith went to the Springfield train station to see the big
circus train that was coming to town. Courtney, Jacob and Nick went along
too.
After exploring all the trains,
Sarah
climbed onto the back of a little track tester. Looking around, she found some
old uniforms lying next to the little train. "Hey! I can be an engineer!" said
Sarah.
Sarah
had a feeling the other trains didn't like having these new little visitors
there.
To her surprise,
Sarah heard the trains talking. They
were talking about the arrival of the circus train.
"It has three big engines!" said the Two Engine Express. "It
has smoke stacks as big as trees!" exclaimed The Timberline Steamer.
Then Sarah heard the little track tester say, "I can't
wait to see the circus train with all the animals and clowns."
"Who cares what you want?" huffed The Two Engine Express. "Who
do you think you are anyway? You don't even have a name or an engineer."
Sarah felt sorry for the little train with no name.
The little track tester was sad. "I never go anywhere
important, and more than anything I do wish I had an engineer" he sighed.
That gave
Sarah an idea. Soon, the trains
lined up to leave Springfield. As usual, the little track tester was last
in line, but this time Sarah and her friends were on board.
Sarah tugged on the whistle cord. "It looks like it's rusted
shut," she said.
The little train suddenly stopped on its tracks.
"Who's that?" shouted the train with no name. Sarah
proudly announced, "I'm Sarah, I'm your new engineer!"
"But, you...you just can't." Suddenly,
Sarah
heard an alarm. "Look!" shouted
Sarah. "There's something wrong up
ahead."
The little track tester saw the circus train heading toward
the bridge. "One of the rails is loose!" cried the track tester. "The circus
train could crash!"
Quickly, Sarah grabbed a loose spike from the track,
and pushed it through the rusty whistle to unclog it.
Sarah
pulled hard on the cord, and the old whistle sang out loudly! The circus train
heard the whistle and screeched to a full stop. This gave everyone time to fix
the track.
When the little track tester returned to
Springfield,
The Timberline Steamer rolled up, puffing with excitement. "Sarah
and you have saved the circus train," he said, "and we think it is time you had
a name!"
"We've decided to call you Hooty," said
Sarah.
Because he was no longer a train with no name, Hooty blew his whistle and
announced that Sarah was his new engineer.
Everyone cheered for Hooty, now the biggest little train in
Springfield. After a very exciting day, Sarah had learned a big
lesson...
You don't have to be big to be important.
Any child would be thrilled to receive such a special gift.
Makes a perfect 1st birthday present!
Please Note: Include
your child's nickname below only if you would like it to be used as the primary
name throughout the book. For example you could include "Jimmy" rather than
"James". If you do not want a nickname used simply leave it blank.
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