See Inside Trains (Usborne See Inside)

Our boy loves everything trains. We have a selection of other books in this range and they are fantastic. Really engaging, tons of flaps and information, beautiful illustrations. We've all learnt something new and interesting. A little easy to damage slightly when opening, especially when new, so they might need adult help the first time. But probably inevitable with this type of book. Otherwise, very good quality and thick card/flaps.

My 5 year old adores this book. He's crazy about trains! He doesn't enjoy reading but we can spend an age going through this book. There are tons of flaps to open and it has loads of train history and facts. It's just great. Worth every penny. Very happy with purchase.

I noticed that a lot of the reviewers say that their very young children age 2 or 3, like looking at this book and this made me slightly hesitant to buy it for a 7 year old. The book is made of board as opposed to paper but because of the content, this doesn't give it the illusion of being for a younger child. I took a chance and decided to buy it and I am very glad I did. There is a lot of factual information on the pages, it is nicely illustrated and there are lots of flaps to lift as well as a pull out page too. I can see that a younger child would enjoy looking at the brightly coloured pages. However, It is ideal for the 7 year old, as being older, he is able to read all about the trains himself and fully understand all the facts that are given.

The books in this series vary in how well they capture children's interests and the ease or complexity of the writing. See Inside Trains is one of the very best and can be read by a reasonably competent child from about age 9. It tells the story of the railways, just as it says, very well. What a great shame it has to be printed in Guangdong, China, and travel all the way to the Uk in (I presume) an aeroplane. (See Inside Castles is another great book in the series.) An adult needs to read the book to the child and discuss how the mechanisms work, for example how the fire in a steam engine heats the water to turn it into steam to power the pistons and turn the wheels. And also to explain the meaning of such words and expressions as "sophistication" "luxurious", "paved the way" "magnetic levitation" etc, all of which we take for granted. So, a great book for (probably) Dads (or Grandad's like me) to read to (probably) an interested son or grandson. I've never had daughters or grand-daughters so I couldn't say how much girls would like it, but the book is so interesting I can't see why not at all.

A lovely book to fascinate children and help adults answer lots of questions the children ask! I gave this book to a friend’s son on a long trip, and it helped a lot with his questions ~ educating us all and keeping him amused for hours.

Another great book by Usborne. Lots of colourful pictures. Lots of flaps to lift up and is very informative. My 4 year old loves it.

A great hardback book full of colour and interactive illustrations of trains throughout the years. Every child would love it, as well as the adults!

Lovely informative book for our 3 year old grandson. He likes to have it read to him, as well as sitting by himself to look at it. He's not really interested in the diesels, or electrics, but the children's steam train books are dare I say it? A bit too childish for one who knows about boilers, pistons and fireboxes etc. This fills the bill and maybe, like father and grandad, diesels and electrics will only ever be a passing interest.

Sturdy, nice design. One of the favorites

This is a really fun and sturdy book with decent flaps. Most are small and thus good for holding up to a lot of bending, but some are larger. There is a page that spreads out with Queen Victoria's special train. My LO and I love that these show very realistic illustrations of *real* historical trains like the Flying Scotsman, the Jupiter (US train), the Rocket, etc. My LO has learned their names and says them and describes them -- this is amazing because he has a speech delay, and he's said three-syllable words like 'powerful' that I didn't know he knew. This book has also rekindled my LO's love of reading, and he's taken to reading other books when this one is out of reach, too, I think because he loves this one so much. I've just bought some more books from this series because I am so impressed with this one. The biggest downside to me is that book tends to be focused on the UK. The last page includes the Japanese bullet train *and* the Japanese Maglev. It took me a while to find, but they put the Chinese Maglev under a flap and there is one Indian train. I also wish they had given specific dates rather than nebulous dates like "almost 200 years ago," etc., which would extend the lifespan of the book.

This book was an instant favorite for our 3 year old and caused him to love trains and especially steam trains. He knows the name of every train in the book, the different types of trains, as well as all the parts of the trains. One of the best "see inside" books for younger kids because trains feel tangible to them and not as theoretical as other topics.

A great book about the different types of trains for children. Our son loves it!

This book is informative for young kids and the visuals are bright and interesting. It's full of flaps to lift so it's interactive for kids.