Ferdinand
The Engine That Went off the Rails
by Ann Benton illustrated by Michel de Boer
Paperback
Price: £4.99
Publisher:CF4Kids imprint of Christian Focus
Published:May 2009
ISBN:978-1-845-50444-1
GoodBookStall Review:
An original story of a little engine who seems to have difficulty keeping the one important rule, Stay on the Track! The troubles he gets himself into are easily related to ourselves, and children are helped to understand the message by the words to a song, a teaching message called ‘Application’ and a scripture verse. The music for the song is written at the end of the book, and a digital recording of the material can be found on the Ferdinand page of the publisher’s website; just click CF4K and it will take you to it. The author developed this idea with her own children, who enjoyed it so much that she wrote it down for others. Ferdinand is fun but the message of the book is serious and essential teaching for young ones – and older ones too.
Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew (17/06/09)
An original story of a little engine who seems to have difficulty keeping the one important rule, Stay on the Track! The troubles he gets himself into are easily related to ourselves, and children are helped to understand the message by the words to a song, a teaching message called ‘Application’ and a scripture verse. The music for the song is written at the end of the book, and a digital recording of the material can be found on the Ferdinand page of the publisher’s website; just click CF4K and it will take you to it. The author developed this idea with her own children, who enjoyed it so much that she wrote it down for others. Ferdinand is fun but the message of the book is serious and essential teaching for young ones – and older ones too.
Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew (17/06/09)
