A review by wolfiegrrrl
Choo Choo by Virginia Lee Burton

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

My first exposure to this book was through a Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories VHS I watched all the time as a kid. It always made me very emotional how much Jim, Oley, and Archibald loved Choo Choo to the point where they only felt concern for her safety and happiness to have found her again even after all the damage she caused by running away. I can't explain just how much it meant to me that they didn't get mad at her, but it affected me a lot. I recently uncovered my hard copy of the book to read to the preschooler I tutor and it was such a comforting blast of nostalgia to revisit this story.