Oi! Get Off Our Train

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A little boy sets off on a round-the-world night train to dreamland with only his toy dog for company.

John Burningham has since written and illustrated over thirty picture books, that have been translated and distributed all over the world. The story can be used to introduce children to the ideas of the environment, endangered animals and the problems they face. We enjoyed the twist, the reader thinks it's a dream sequel or imaginary play but the next day the animals are roaming about the boys house. A young boy enjoys playing with his train set but as it gets late his mother sends him to bed and takes him his doggy pyjama case to keep him company.As the main character, a young boy travels on his toy train with his toy dog around the world, they have different encounters with a variety of animals who wish to take refuge in the train as the place they were before are no longer safe for them. The core theme is definitely about animals and the destruction of habitats though, so it would lend itself to either a discussion or Science topic about this matter. I do know it is a well loved book by a few children and some didn't seem to see the serious message it was giving, and did enjoy the animals being told "Oi! There is a distinct pattern to the story layout which will help developing readers, as well as the repeated catch phrase from the book’s title. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Read the story aloud pausing to talk about the pictures and what is happening when your child wants to. It is one of my favourites for this age range, follow the journey of a boy and his dog, travelling across the globe on their train, picking up animals on the way. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Choose one of the animals in the story to find out about together using the internet or information books.

In 1954 he spent two years travelling through Italy, Yugoslavia and Israel, working at a variety of jobs.

This book was very useful in showing how inclusion of those different to yourself can allow you to experience different things and diversify your own knowledge. This book alone opens the doors to many meaningful teaching and learning opportunities as children can learn about species in science as well as endangerment and conservation.All of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! Give your child a long piece of paper and crayons to draw a picture of the train with all the animals. The heron tells the boy that he cannot leave the train because his marsh is being drained, and he cannot live on dry land. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. Teachers and parents can get a lot of traction from this topic via creatively extending the concept of being kind to our planet.

It then transpires that, according to the boy’s mother, the house is overrun with animals… so perhaps it was real after all.

When the story is playfully read; Emphasis on the shout with a hand fist pumping in the air all together; Involving the children in predicting; adding a unit on endangered species; including children in picking an animal that’s endangered and studying it while creating solutions to the problems of their plight. He is also a freelance designer of murals, exhibitions models, magazine illustrations and advertisements. The children enjoyed pretending to be on the train and used improvisation to decide whether they would let the animals on and why they would want to get on if they were the animals. The illustrations were gorgeous but the storyline was made up of animals getting on the imaginary train and then plaintively stating their imminent extinction. The ‘hidden’ themes of the book are climate change, pollution, and human activities destroying the plants – the elephant wants to get on because someone is coming to cut off his tusks, while the tiger’s habitat is being destroyed.