"I'm Taking a Trip on My Train" is about a little boy playing and pretending to be an engineer on his train set in his bedroom. The boy explain his engineer cap, adds parts of his train such as the locomotive and cars. Then goes on a journey to far-away places such as rivers, mountains, and many new faces. Until the little boy's mother has "a request before going to bed, pick up this freight yard." The little boy pick up the tracks and frieght and go to bed.

This book is repetitive in a way kids seem to love, and has pictures for words in places so they can "read" along with you. It also identify the different types of train cars, and parts of a train track. The book also is a rhyme that repeats itself adding a verse at a time. It uses pictures of various train cars, details to rediscover, and new vocabulary leading to more new vocabulary. The children will enjoy the combination of reality and play. along the facts about the different parts of a train. ( )