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Phooey On the Man With the Yellow Hat.

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2022

I somehow never noticed before, but the Man With the Yellow Hat is neglectful. He is definitely a poor guardian for George.

He takes George to the train station for a trip. Soon as he gets there he lets George hand go. Now George is on the loose.

George already have a reputation for getting into trouble and that’s just what happens.

The Man With the Yellow Hat needs to lose custody of George.

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Neil Laslett

A train book without trains?

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2015

This is part of a large series of Curious George books done "in the style" of the originals by Margret & H.A. Ray. Most are very good - sometimes even better than the originals, in my opinion. "Takes a Train" is not a bad book - it looks good and reads well - but for a 2 year old who loves trains, this book has (almost) no trains in it!

We don't really see any trains, inside or out, only the station and platform, and it's not that interesting. The book should be called, "Curious George Pokes Around a Train Station". Unless you've spent time in a large Amtrak station, kids probably won't understand the schedule board, and definitely won't understand why a man is manually swapping out letters and numbers. Then it's off to the train platform where George keeps a little boy from falling on the tracks. Yikes! Good safety lesson, I suppose, but not very fun.

And what's with the random Mrs. Needleman? She has no lines, then disappears with the Man in the Yellow Hat for the entire book.

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GoldenDragonfly

Phooey On the Man With the Yellow Hat.

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2022

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Karen yee

Cute Story

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2016

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Great story, pictures a little dated....relates pretty well to commuter trains today, except for the schedule board...grandparents the only ones who will understand a monkey being able to reach up and changing a schedule board of cards :)

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Nicole

I would give it 3 stars for bad grammar and annoying plot but my 2yr old son ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2016

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I would give it 3 stars for bad grammar and annoying plot but my 2yr old son love all curious george and trains so this book is a win win for him. My husband read it to him 3 times before bed.

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