From the May 14, 2017 edition of the New York Times Book Review:
“The murmur of a lazy river may calm one’s nerves, but the distant sound of “wheels on steel” has always been an invitation to wonder. Where has that train been? Where is it going? Moving from dark forest to frozen tundra, from sleepy village to congested metropolis, Andria Rosenbaum and Deirdre Gill’s Trains Don’t Sleep(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99; ages 4 to 7) covers a lot of ground. Though never explicitly stated, the book is also a dreamy journey back in time to the golden age of rail travel, when circus trains packed with bears, elephants and tigers would “sweep by sheep,” and interstate highways had yet to be built. The illustrated glossary will help young train enthusiasts learn the difference between a flat car and a stock car, but it’s the book’s painted double-page spreads — at once monumental and ethereal — that are truly transporting.”
