With few or no words on these pages, the reader feels the hot, sticky night in the family's apartment, along with the boy's growing frustration. Everyone is TOO BUSY to play a game. And then the lights go out. As the family ventures outside its "normal" box for entertainment, they discover the pleasure of each other's company. Wonderfully told and illustrated.

All the emotion of a pet story, but with no animals in sight! You’ll have fun helping young readers ‘get’ all the humor in Eaton’s imaginative treatment of trains as pets, and you’ll find yourself looking at supposedly inanimate objects in a whole new way. Share the ‘Dear Readers’ note aloud first if you’re afraid listeners might take Eatonâ� ...