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Hamish Takes the Train

By Daisy Hirst
Illustrated by Daisy Hirst

By Daisy Hirst
Illustrated by Daisy Hirst

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Hardcover $16.99

Sep 01, 2020 | ISBN 9781536216592 | 3-7 years

Hamish Takes the Train by Daisy Hirst
Hardcover $16.99
Sep 01, 2020 | ISBN 9781536216592

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About Hamish Takes the Train

Trains, cranes, good friends—with warmth and whimsy, Daisy Hirst follows an adventurous bear and a home-loving goose who discover that new experiences are even better shared.

Hamish the bear and Noreen the goose live in the country, where they like to watch the trains whoosh by. While Noreen is happy to stay in the country, Hamish can’t help but wonder what it would be like to ride the train into the city. So one day he says goodbye to Noreen and sets off along the tracks. Hamish’s ride on the train takes him to new places, where he meets new friends and even gets a job on a construction site. Before long, though, Hamish realizes how much he misses his home and Noreen. From Daisy Hirst, the award-winning author-illustrator of The Girl with a Parrot on Her Head, here is a warm and friendly story about finding adventure and then finding your way home again.

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Product Details

Category: Children’s Picture Books

Hardcover | $16.99
Published by Candlewick
Sep 01, 2020 | 40 Pages | 8-1/2 x 10-1/2 | 3-7 years | ISBN 9781536216592
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With loose, softly colored pencil and ink renderings that carry out an offbeat, reflective mood, Hirst (Alphonse, That Is Not OK to Do!) opens up the possibility that life, like the world Hamish sees from the crane, is big enough to accommodate all kinds of choices.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

This there-and-back-again tale is surely worth the ride.
—Kirkus Reviews

A sweet and charming story, this title excels in showing how the best of friends allow each other the space to pursue their own happiness…For larger picture book collections, the lesson that adventures are always richer when friends are along for the ride never grows old.
—School Library Journal

In this tale of home versus away, Hamish, a long-nosed bear, hankers to take the train to the city…a celebration of life’s abundant possibilities.
—The Horn Book

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