Reviews for Crossroads and unholy water

The average rating for Crossroads and unholy water based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-04-04 00:00:00 Lesa Wells Many train books focus on large parts of a train - engine, cars and caboose. Booth shares with the reader the details about trains - boxcars, labels, logos, and locations. He offers just a glimpse so the reader can take enjoy it as is or find more information about the different systems and locations. Today we wait at crossings more than we ride trains, so this would be an excellent book to share with youngsters. Bagram Ibatoulline gives new life to text Booth's 1953 "Crossing" from Letter From a Distant Land. Ibatoulline designs are copyright from 2001 (when the book was published), but displays the life in the 1950's. The gouache is amazing to see. If you're not a train enthusiast, read it for the pictures. If you are a train enthusiast, read it for the glimpse of a train crossing.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-04-16 00:00:00 Curtis Golladay I would have given this 3 stars but increased it to 4 because my daughter has asked to read it several times and likes it. The illustrations are beautiful, and there are less than 10 words per page, but much of the text consists of company names on the train cars. I do not see it communicating anything useful to children other than on the first page (stop, look, and listen before crossing railroad tracks).