Book review: Timmy & Tammy’s Train of Thought
Just to be clear from the start - this is a Children’s book. So why do I even review it? Well, I’m still quite new to this whole thing where bloggers start being treated almost like members of the press, so whenever somebody asks me to review a book or something (doesn’t happen that often), I try to do it. So today, I got an email from the publishers of this book, who offered to send me the PDF in order to let me preview and review this book, so I thought, what the heck, I have three small children, I’ll show them the book and report on what they think about it. 
Timmy & Tammy’s Train of Thought, written by Oliver Chin and illustrated by Heath McPherson, published by Immedium.
So what did Alexandra (5 1/2 years) and Michelle (2 1/2 years) say after we read the book to them? They both liked it. Alexandra especially liked the various different trains that are depicted in the illustrations. Michelle just wanted to read it over and over again. Both of them wanted to go buy the book, Michelle even wants to buy two of them (smart girl that she is, she knows that if we get two, then she doesn’t have to share with her sister).
And what did I think? It’s a nice book - I liked the illustrations. Also, the story is kind of interesting and somewhat unusual - it’s about these two kids, who like to hear stories about trains. So one day, their mom and dad decide to take them on a train ride. At first, it looks like they’re just boarding a miniature train, but then, the train changes it’s shape on every subsequent page. On one page, it’s a freight train, then a subway or a streetcar, at some point it actually looks like a Caltrain commuter train :-).
So I guess if you have younger children and they like to hear stories about trains, they might like this book. It’s not really a train book though - they shouldn’t expect to learn a lot about trains. It’s a story of two kids riding a train and about their adventures.
This book is available for pre-order on the publishers website (you’ll get your copy autographed by the author if you pre-order it now) and also on Amazon.com
Disclaimer: I did not get any compensation whatsoever for writing this review.
