I love how the lyrics use the proper name of each animal's offspring. For kids with expressive language delays, this is ripe for participation animal sounds are easier to approximate. Luke loves participating in this part the best, and touches his finger to each line as he makes the sounds. As each baby animal boards, the new animal's sound is added to the cumulative "Puff, puff / Toot, toot!" refrain. The engineer makes stops along the way to the zoo and picks up the baby animals from their parents. Hillenbrand's interpretation is a children's zoo train. So when I saw this book at the library, I snatched it quickly. I think Luke, who is obsessed with trains, has watched a dozen versions of this song on various YouTube Kids channels. HMH Books for Young Readers (2002) paperback, $7.99 Fine with me-that's three read-throughs! 3) Down by the Station by Will Hillenbrand Now, when we read this book we must first "say" it, then I sing it, and then he sings it. This formulation worked magically for Luke, but naturally developed into something of a rigid routine.
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