How to Train a Train
Age 2+
Picture Books
“Train and pet enthusiasts alike will delight. . . . This affectionate sendup communicates all the exasperation, responsibility, and rewards of having a pet.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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? In this spectacular 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!
Creators
Jason Carter Eaton is the author of How to Train a Train, illustrated by John Rocco, and Great, Now We've Got Barbarians!, illustrated by Mark Fearing, among other books for children. Jason Carter Eaton has written for such diverse venues as McSweeney's, Cartoon Network, MGM, and BBC Radio and has done extensive work with 20th Century Fox animation/Blue Sky Studios. He lives in Westchester, New York.
John Rocco is the illustrator of How to Train a Train by Jason Carter Eaton and The Flint Heart by Katherine and John Paterson. John Rocco's picture book Blackout received a Caldecott Honor. He is also the jacket artist for Rick Riordan's best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and has collaborated with Whoopi Goldberg on the picture book Alice. Previously a creative director at Walt Disney Imagineering and preproduction director for the film Shrek at DreamWorks, John Rocco lives in Los Angeles.
