If you've been to The Bug lately, you may have noticed the addition of a fabulous Plan Toys train set.  If you love planes, trains, trucks or cars, we know you'll love to meet  Jennifer Vetter, author of an adorable new picture book - Down By the Station!

Jennifer will read and sign copies Down By the Station.  Kids can participate in fingerplays, stretches and other fun activities on Jennifer's felt board. And that's not all!  Jennifer will be bringing transportation-themed stickers for the whole audience to take home!

Recommended for ages 2+


Jennifer Riggs Vetter has edited and translated many children's books, but this is the first one with her name on the cover.  She lives in Oakland with her husband and two sons, who created the inspiration for the book during the long car ride home from grandmother's house one fine Thanksgiving Day.  Jennifer does a weekly storytime with lots of singing at a Head Start preschool in Oakland, which helps her keep up to date on what the young kids are into these days.  Transportation and Things That Go:  hotter than ever!

Down by the Station (Hardcover)

By Frank Remkiewicz, Jennifer Riggs Vetter

$15.99

ISBN-13: 9781582462431
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Tricycle Press, 4/2009

Down by the depot, early in the morningSee the yellow school buses all in a rowSee the school bus driver warming up the engineVroom vroom beep beep! Off we go!

Little fans of trucks and trains and boats and planes will love to sing this action-packed, expanded version of the classic rhyme, paired with Frank Remkiewicz's happy, vibrant illustrations.Reviews"Vetter's debut adds new verses to the familiar favorite. Children who love things that go will be thrilled with the vehicles included here: school bus, tractor-trailer, excavator, jumbo jet, sailboat, racecar, fire engine and rocket. The ending is a good segue to bedtime, as the train returns to the station and several sleepyheads head to bed."—Kirkus Reviews

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