Underground: Subway Systems Around the World

Underground is a charming, fact-packed, seek-n-find book. It has fact pages about ten major subway or train systems. Each system has a fact page with five to ten illustrated facts. The fact page shows the outside of the train. Flip a partial page to see the inside of the train and a seek and find. This book is suitable for two through six-year-olds. The words are very readable and making this a good book for train-obsessed kindergartners and first graders. The illustrations are bold and colorful with an Asian feel. The facts include things such as “two hundred and fifty miles – length of the network (London),” and “one point six six two billion passengers per year (Mexico City).” The pages are designed to be easy to explore and can be read individually. The seek and find feature is well designed so that younger kids can be easily entertained for a few minutes. Toddlers and preschoolers are well suited to seek and find pages. The items that are to be found are special to the city. For example, the page on Sydney, Australia makes you find a Koala, Boomerang, Surfboard, and more! This book is good for young train lovers among us.