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 Eaton’s instructions too literally: “…All of these things are extremely dangerous and should be performed only by fully trained illustrated characters!” Everything you need to know about finding, keeping, and training your very own pet train.

Finding advice on caring for a dog, a cat, a fish, even a dinosaur is easy. But what if somebody's taste in pets runs to the more mechanical kind? What about those who like cogs and gears more than feathers and fur? People who prefer the call of a train whistle to the squeal of a guinea pig? Or maybe dream of a smudge of soot on their cheek, not slobber? In this spectacularly illustrated picture book, kids who love locomotives (and what kid doesn't?) will discover where trains live, what they like to eat, and the best train tricks around--everything it takes to lay the tracks for a long and happy friendship. All aboard!