Whoo! Whoo! Goes the Train

Anne Rockwell, Vanessa van der Baan

Harper Collins, Jun 30, 2009 - Juvenile Fiction - 40 pages

On Allan's first train ride, every twist and turn brings a new sound.

Clickety-clack!

The train goes over a bridge.

Clang! Clang!

It nears a crossing.

Whoosh!

The doors slide open at a station. But Allan's favorite sound—

Whoo! Whoo!

—doesn't come until the very last stop, when he gets the best surprise of all.

About the author

Anne Rockwell was born in Memphis, Tennessee on February 8, 1934. She moved to New York City at the age of 18 and found a job doing typing work for a textbook publisher. She studied at Pratt Graphic Arts Center and at the Sculpture Center. She became an author and illustrator. Her first children's book, Paul and Arthur Search for the Egg, was published in 1964. Her other books included Boats, Fire Engines, Things That Go, Our Earth, and Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth. She collaborated on several books with her husband Harlow Rockwell including Sally's Caterpillar and The Toolbox. After her husband's death, she collaborated with her daughter Lizzy Rockwell. Their books included Career Day and Zoo Day. She died of natural causes on April 10, 2018 at the age of 85. Vanessa van der Baan is an artist active in the New York animation scene whose credits include the Cartoon Network's Codename: Kids Next Door and Sheep in the Big City. Vanessa studied film and animation at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She lives in Port Jefferson, New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Whoo! Whoo! Goes the Train
• Authors: Anne Rockwell, Vanessa van der Baan
• Illustrated by: Anne Rockwell, Anne F. Rockwell, Vanessa van der Baan
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2009
• ISBN: 0060562277, 9780060562274
• Length: 40 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General; Juvenile Fiction / Business, Careers, Occupations; Juvenile Fiction / Transportation / General; Juvenile Fiction / Transportation / Railroads & Trains; Juvenile Fiction / Travel