Product Overview
The liveliest rhythm and rhyme, and really cool art, carry children off on a captivating journey along the railroad tracks with a hungry little ant and the gentle giant of a switchman who cares for him.
Well, I saw an ant on the railroad track.
The rail was bright.
The ant was black.
He was walking along, tickety tack.
(Thats the sound of an ant on a railroad track.)
What an entertaining trip this is! Children will delight in the playful and musical language, endearing and uniquely styled illustrations, and wonderfully warm story that make this picture book so special. When switchman Jack, eating lunch by his shack, spies an ant walking along the railroad track, he immediately gets worried: its an eastbound ant on the westbound track, and that means a train could run SMACK into the little guy. He knows he has to do something to help Youngsters will feel gratified and reassured by Jacks affection for the tiny creature: after all, theyjust like the antare very small in a big world. And theyll really love the way the adorable little bug has the smarts to save itself!
