Favorite Train Books for Toddlers

All aboard this fun and colorful train book for kids ages 0 to 3.

You and your little one will discover hours of educational fun with this big book of trains.

Caldecott Honor Book

Featuring bright colors and bold shapes., even a child not lucky enough to have counted freight cars will feel he or she has watched a freight train passing after reading Freight Train.

Caldecott Medal Winner

It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad.

These pages come alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean.

A rhyming story tells about a freight train's day, from loading freight in the morning to retiring to the roundhouse after the day's work is done.

An exciting, fun-to-read, noisy board book with flaps and pop-ups, perfect for reading aloud with preschoolers and promoting hands-on, active learning.

With simple text and vibrant illustrations, readers will learn about a variety of trains and what they do. Trains Board Book "will delight the youngest and have enough meat for older preschoolers and beginning readers."

Train-loving boys and girls ages 2 to 5 will be intrigued to see the moon, stars, Thomas' headlight, and more brighten the night with a soft glow in this sleepy Thomas the Tank Engine bedtime story.

In this adventure, Engineer Small drives his little train from Tinytown to the city-and back. Along the way, the little train passes tunnels and stops at stations to pick up cargo and passengers.

With soothing, lyrical words and magical illustrations, June Sobel and Laura Huliska-Beith have created a nighttime fantasy that's guaranteed to make even the most resistant sleeper snuggle up tight.

From Kate and Jim McMullan, the popular creators of I Stink! and I’m Dirty! - now a streaming animated series - comes an irresistible read-aloud about trains, a perennial kid favorite.

The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, bouncy kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls. 

Giant engines snorting, puffing, steaming, pulling, rushing, huffing! All kinds of trains, from cabooses to hoppers and commuter trains to zoo trains, clickety-clack along the tracks. 

Pete the Cat's Train Trip is a My First I Can Read Book, which means it's perfect for shared reading with a child.

Fans of Pete the Cat will delight as Pete takes the grooviest train trip in this hilarious I Can Read adventure.

This book is a timeless tale of perseverance and working together as a team to overcome obstacles.

With its rhyming text, memorable refrain, and stunning illustrations, this exciting train and zoo animal adventure is sure to resonate with children and adults alike!