so
hello library friends so happy to be
with you this morning
i am thinking that today we are going to
take a trip together
we are going to take a trip by
train first we're gonna build the train
with all kinds of different colors
and types of cars and then i have a
great
book all about trains and then then we
are gonna use
our train to cook something
i know it sounds crazy but we're gonna
do it
all right so first off i think
i'm gonna put this right up here
because we're going to need all of the
room on this flannel board to fit in
all of our cars because we are gonna go
for a ride
on the rainbow train
i'm gonna need you to clap along with me
okay
riding on the rainbow train riding on
the rainbow train
hear the whistle blow 
down the track we go riding on the
rainbow train
first comes the engine it's big and
black steaming down the railroad track
next comes
the tender it is full of coal
keeps us rolling towards our
goal
did i say earlier that this was going to
be a rainbow train? so far
i don't see any rainbow i just see black
a black engine and a black coal car
next we are gonna add
this car which i know
maybe on your screen looks like it's
blue
but it's actually dark purple
what do you think you could put in a
purple train car
hmm i think it might be something purple
that one is a refrigerator car which
gets shortened up the nickname for a
refrigerator car
is a reefer car so here we go
next comes a reefer car to keep things
cold
carrying as many purple grapes
as it can hold
next we've got
a blue car do you have any guesses about
what
would be in a blue train car
let's find out that kind of car is
called a
gondola car where it's open at the top
next comes a gondola heaped with berries
blue
enough to make muffins for me and you
all right that's a good it's a good time
of year it's  blueberry season
right now for picking
so next
we need a green box car
what might be in a green box car
i think i'm gonna put something tasty
and fruity in my green box car i think
i'm gonna
add watermelons
so next there's a box car colored
grassy green
full of the most watermelons i've ever
seen
we could have quite a watermelon party
with
filling up a train car full of
watermelons couldn't we
so let's see what colors do we have so
far
we have black purple
blue green
i think next we need
yellow i'm gonna put it sideways
because we're going to hook these train
cars right around there's not enough
room
for them to go straight out on the
flannel board
so this one is a hopper car
and it's full of lemons shiny yellow
lemons
next comes a hopper car lemons piled
high
shiny yellow and tart perfect for
pie- lemon meringue pie
that sounds delicious
we're almost at the end an orange
tanker car
chock full of orange juice and marked
with
what shape is that
yes marked with a star
oh we've got almost the whole rainbow
now
i think we just need
one more car
there it is a red caboose
last comes the red caboose the conductor
says it's time
he yells all aboard
all aboard all aboard the
rainbow line
beautiful let's see
let's go backwards and name the colors
red orange
yellow green blue
purple and black we made a whole rainbow
train
so the book i brought today just like
our rhyme
at the beginning is about
trains this train doesn't look very much
like the one in our rhyme though does it
that one in our rhyme is a big black
steam engine
i think this one is a different kind of
engine maybe a gas engine
or an electric engine
what else do you notice that's different
yeah it's bright yellow isn't it you
can't miss that train
they're waving to it mama and her baby
they're
waving a red flag
and look right here
somebody is waving back at them from the
train
maybe the engineer is waving back at
them
this is called trains run and it's by
George  Ella Lyon and Benn Lyon
and the illustrations were made by Mick
Wiggins and we are hearing this courtesy
of simon and
schuster thanks for allowing us to share!
inside on the end papers
all kinds of train engines following
different colors of tracks
some of them make a big curve and then
make a loop-de-loop
so many trains i see one
two three four
five six seven
eight different trains
from a distance they kind of look like
worms don't they
squiggling around but they're not
trains run
this is like we're up in the sky with
the birds looking down on the train
trains travel down the track
all day gone all night back
trains run
this train starts out in the morning
when the sun is just coming up over the
city
and then they come back at night
under the moon
one there's a steam engine like in our
rhyme
you can see the billows of steam coming
out of it
steam engine gas engine electric
engine 2 chooka chooka
vroom zoom hsss whooo whooo
trains whistle letting people know that
it's coming down the track
so they get out of the way
if one car is good 20 cars are better
line them up on the track and couple
them together
coupling is the word for where one
train car attaches to another
so many different kinds of train cars
here
what do you see i see
two giraffes in a train car they are too
tall for that car aren't they
and that train car has a big G on it
their own special car just for them
there's a car with a great big hook
for picking things up i see a
train car full of logs and here's a
tanker truck
maybe for carrying oil
and then these ones in the middle here
those are for carrying people like
you and me so they've got windows that
you can sit and look out of
see what's going past you there's a
little red caboose
just like in our rhyme
so many different kinds of trains
running
boxcar tank car lots
of rolling stock hurry up workers
gotta beat that clock
on time down the line here comes
engine number
yes engine number nine trains run
locomotive so devoted
pulls the cars when they are loaded
here it comes iron horse
on its course hauls the cars with
mighty force
toy train circus train
subway or bullet
got to have an engine to push it or pull
it
that toy train has a smiley little blue
and red
engine with yellow wheels
a circus train look it's got clowns on
the side of the box car
and there's the circus tent painted on
that one it says
big top
here is a train that goes under the
ground that's called a subway
lots of big cities have subways
and then this train is a train that's
designed to go super fast
it's a bullet train and they all have
engines different
shapes and colors and sizes of engines
steam engine gas engine electric
engine too can you help me make the train
noises
now we need the whistle whooo whooo
have to whistle so that bunny knows to
get off of the track
railroad crossing signal flashing
down comes the gate trains got to move
on through
folks got to wait so when the train
comes down the track
and comes to a roadway
there's a red and white striped gate
that comes down and holds back all of
the cars
so that the train gets to go first
i see something kind of funny in this
picture
i see a truck with some
giant fruit in it
i see a giant orange and a giant pear
how silly
i think that the illustrator is
having a joke on us
putting giant fruit in the picture
trains go through snow
and jungles and desert
there's a cactus with a little owl on
top as it comes through the desert
oh and here's one doing a loop-de-loop
right through the jungle
can a train climb a mountain?
i think it can
instead of trying to go straight up it
makes a circle
goes all the way around three or four
times
it goes up the slope fast across the
bridge
a long strong trestle that links
ridge to ridge trestle is the word for
this kind of bridge where you can see
through it
it's not made out of concrete it's made
out of wood
or steel
if the mountain is super high
the best way to do it is to build a long
tunnel so the train
can run right through it
there's the engine right out front there
and it's pulling all those cars right
through the middle of the mountain
don't you want to try it don't you want
to ride
silver rails train track trails
a friend by your side
oh i think that would be delightful to
go on a
train vacation there's the train station
buy your ticket at the station find your
platform too
don't dilly dally trains won't wait for
you
she's looking at the monitor here to see
when their particular train is coming
because you have to make sure you're on
board
when the conductor hollers
hear the cars rumble hear the brakes
wheeze
it's your train rolling in
all aboard please
there's the conductor saying okay
get on board now
steam engine gas engine electric
engine too chooka chooka zoom
vroom hssss whooo-oo-whoo
trains run
there we go i think we're on that
morning train that we started off with
coming out of the city
right back here where it says trains
travel down the track
all day gone all night back
so we're just heading out
there's the moon fading in the sky and
the sun is coming up
back here
time for an all-day train trip!
there's those trains again all eight of
them loop-de-looping
trains run
we are going to finish up with a silly
song
that uses engine number 10 for cooking!
we are gonna run over some foods with
our train
i'm gonna need you to help me with the
whistle
because we're gonna whistle at the
peanuts but they are not gonna get out
of the way in time
they are gonna get smushed by our train
and we'll see what they turn into
so our song goes like this peanut
sitting on a railroad track
his heart was all a flutter around
the bend came number ten
what do you think those peanuts turned
into
peanut butter!
those peanuts got smushed into
peanut butter by our train
all right i have another vegetable who
did not learn
from the peanuts experience i have
a potato
a potato sat on a railroad track
to see which way the train goes
around the bend came number ten
toot toot
mashed potatoes
unmashed and mashed squished flat
all right what else could we squish up
with our train
let's see an apple
sat on a railroad track
feeling a little lost
around the bend came number ten
toot toot
applesauce
apple to applesauce
how about this vegetable
what do you think it'll turn into
let's see if you're right
a tomato sat on the railroad
track waiting for the sun to come
up around the bend came
number ten toot toot
ketchup
all right i have one more silly
vegetable
who is going to get smushed
here we go do you guys know what this
vegetable is
that's an avocado
let's see what it turns into when we run
over it with our train
here we go an avocado
sat on a railroad track
but it got up too slowly
around the bend came number ten
toot toot
guacamole!
avocado becomes guacamole
when squished up that's a fun word to
say isn't it
guacamole thanks for joining us for
story time
and we will see you next week have a
great weekend
