Bluey: Trains

Children who are just beginning to read early chapter books will welcome this addition to the Bluey series of books, as the characters and setting will be very familiar to them. Bluey:Trains is based on the TV episode Trains and features Bluey’s family playing a game of Trains. It focuses on Dr Glenda and Poppy catching a train, Dr Glenda dropping Poppy off at her Day Care Centre and then travelling on to work at her Vet clinic. Meanwhile, a careless passenger on the train drinks bubble tea, puts their feet up on the seats and uses a cat to take up a seat which is needed by an elderly woman. Chaos follows as he plays pranks on the conductor and the train begins to run late, having unforeseen consequences.

This chapter book, illustrated with black and white pictures that complement the story, will be a boon to beginning readers, who will be very familiar with the story and will be able to concentrate on predicting what the words will mean. It will be a thrill for them to be able to read about an episode that they have liked and is sure to encourage them to learn to read and to enjoy stories, while learning about good behaviour on trains.

Others in the series, Bluey: Bus and Bluey: Taxi are sure to please, helping children to begin their important journey to learn to read.

Themes: Bluey, Trains.

Pat Pledger