This is a collection of poems about different types of trains. I used to like trains when I was a kid but I did not know how many types of trains there were. This book lists over a dozen kinds of trains, one of them being a Shoulder Ballast Cleaner which I think most people haven'd heard of. I like that it tells about trains that are not common knowledge. I think a lot of kids find trains interesting and I think it can boost a child's confidence when they know things that are not common knowledge to others. This book also had a lot of rhyming words so it was fun to read out loud. In the back of the book there is a picture of a train and each train car has a fact about a different type of train and its history. Overall I think this book is very informational while keeping the story upbeat and interesting to read. ( )

I don't really have a ton to say about this book. The book is extremely straight forward. There are 13 poems total, 1 per page. The title is some kind of adjective, followed by the word train. Every poem is about the train in the title. These poems are super simple and cute and describe the different trains in a fun way. I think if whoever is reading this book is a train lover, they will adore this book. I really liked poem 11, "Shoulder Ballast Cleaner", because the whole poem was written on different parts of the train illustration. I also loved that the last page is filled with train facts. ( )

Clackety Track is a book full of poems about trains. It would be great to use when doing a unit on trains. There are many different types of poems in the book that can be used as examples to show students there are different ways to write poems. The pictures are also a good demonstration of what the poem is about. At the end of the book there are a bunch of facts that relate to trains. This would be good to use when you are trying to teach students about poetry, trains and transportation. It's a good way to expose them to a variety of different things all at once! ( )