All Aboard The Moonlight Train by Kristyn Crow - OPTIONAL

All Aboard The Moonlight Train by Kristyn Crow, illustrated by Annie Won. PICTURE BOOK. Doubleday Books for Young Readers (Penguin Random House), 2020. $18. 9780525645436

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

When you are having a hard time falling asleep you can join those on The Moonlight Train.  There are friendly wild animals aboard and exotic destinations and when you finally fall asleep the train will drop you back off at your door. 

Dreamlike in their vividness, the illustrations are very captivating. I found the experience of reading it aloud a little bit clunky given that on each page the lines all rhyme with each other except the last line, which is the same line throughout the book, about climbing aboard the train. This could read like poetry, but I thought it stalled the flow.    

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher