The Sleeper Train

Likhitha

Alexander Readers

I like this book a lot! It is special and also uses various colours. The book also has heavily detailed and colourful illustrations. I like the fact that the owl is on all of the pages.

Hussain

Lionel Reading Champions

Amazing book! The illustrations help add more to the story. I like the fact how the lights on the train go off as other people on the train go to sleep. The story also uses very vibrant colours and uses a vast colour scheme which makes this story special. Amazing story!

Mason

Lionel Reading Champions

I loved all the colours - especially the different shades of pink! This book reminded me of a film I watched about a girl on a sleeper train. She couldn't sleep and she tried to daydream about things to help - just like in the book!

IKSIRAT

Lionel Reading Champions

I liked how there was a lizard and a bridge on the first page, and that there was the same lizard and the same bridge on the last page!

Ezra

Tore Shadows

The sleeper train has beautiful pictures. I love how it has a lizard on the first page and on the last page.

Isobel

Tore Shadows

I enjoyed reading The Sleeper Train. The story was exciting and kept me interested from beginning to end. I liked learning about the journey on the train and the characters. The illustrations helped bring the story to life. Also i think the purple owl had a real meaning behind it as a magical friend. I would recommend this book because it is fun, easy to read, and enjoyable.

Arshdeep

Sale High Readers

comments made in session good when she finally went to sleep exciting to go on holiday reminds me of a sleepover felt exciting saw lots of things looks like the polar express i like the rabbit lots of detail

carol

Tales Tied with Ribbon Reading Group

I loved the vibrant colours that echoed throughout the entire book, It was really aesthetically pleasing and such great illustrations and such a true story and it’s so fun going on a train as well and I love the concept of the story.

Neha

Norwich High Bookworms

The pictures are really colourful and good.

Anna

Tore Shadows

The colours are beautiful and you learn about different cultures through the illustrations. FS and Y1 said the colours were pretty and they loved the colour scheme but Y4 thought the colours were too repetitive. Y2 thought the colours were calming and they loved the patterns. Y3 loved the backgrounds and Y5 said the detailed colourful images were inviting and highlights the beauty of another culture.

Aurora, Tauseef, Rory, Leo P, Ava

Langtoft Reading Ambassadors

I personally found it really calming. I'm not sure if there was any symbolism or not, but there was something oddly comforting about how they made it sound childlike, by using relatively childish wording, which was cool since the main character was a child.

Zofia

Willow Book Whispers

a beautifully illustrated book and would be well suited to a small child and should be more well known

freya

Sale High Readers

I think sleeper train is a really good book to teach young kids how sometimes it is hard to fall asleep but you can dream and get comfort by just dreaming .The colours in sleeper train are really good because it sets a happy mood and makes younger readers feel nice and they're not being overwhelmed. I personally feel like this book has a really deep meaning.

catherine

Sale High Readers

I think that the front cover isn't as good as the story itself, and the style of the art freaked me out a bit, but apart form that, there was a great storyline and it's much more interesting as a story than with illustrations. I didn't really like the style of it, but I think that lots of children might. I think that the visual representation is also very good and, to some extent, I think you needed that to deliver the story, as there is nothing about their heritage or culture in the actual text.

Bella

TGGS Carnegie Readers

I really liked this book because it mentioned food and I love food and it is one of my favourites

Ela

Alexander Readers

SG

Wormies2026

An amazing story about exploring life whilst trying to sleep.

Joe

Rad readers

This book is really fun it has vibrant colours, cool illustrations, nice pictures, a beautiful night sky and I loved the purple owl in almost every page.

Esme

Sale High Readers

Miah

St Thomas Shadowers

Miah

St Thomas Shadowers

Casey

St Thomas Shadowers

Casey

St Thomas Shadowers

Peter

St Thomas Shadowers

Peter

St Thomas Shadowers

Oakley

St Thomas Shadowers

Jaxson

St Thomas Shadowers

Delicia

St Thomas Shadowers

Adam

St Thomas Shadowers

Laila

DA Gladiators

This book was nice. I liked how it was a large family on a train based on SLEEPING. I LOVE SLEEPING!!

Amelia

Weald of Kent Grammar (Sevenoaks)

Very colourful… a wonderful adventure of the imagination. The owl search is a highlight. Probably best for younger children (3-6).

Haniyah

Wormies2026

I liked it when the little girl dreamed of all the places she had bean before. I LOVED THE BOOOOOOOOOOOK, IT WAS AMASING BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matilda

DA Gladiators

I liked it when the little girl dreamed of all the places she been to

Orla

DA Gladiators

We collectively gave it approximately 8.5/10. We liked the selection of colours and the unusual patterns on each page. As a group, we tried to make Rangoli patterns using felt pens and pipe cleaners to emulate the patterns in the book. We also loved spotting the pink owl on each page and the different places the family went or the little girl slept. The flowers and plants along the bottom of some of the pages were interesting too!

Katie

The St James Shadowers

Laila

DA Gladiators

Matilda

DA Gladiators

Orla

DA Gladiators

Oliver

DA Gladiators

Matilda

DA Gladiators

The book is about a little girl who can't sleep on a train. The book is quite soothing and calm like a bedtime story and it makes you feel like your inside the book. I would recommend this book to people that like calm, short books. My favourite character was the little girl because she kept persevering to get to sleep.

Sophia

DA Gladiators

Harry

Inkscape Critics

Raiden

Inkscape Critics

Kai

Inkscape Critics

Anthony

Inkscape Critics

Jake

Inkscape Critics

Isaac

Inkscape Critics

Eddie

Inkscape Critics

Erin

Inkscape Critics

L1 - Class Group

Inkscape Critics

I really like the colourful illustrations, but I think the book was for children younger than us. I also think that it was really fun when you had to spot the pink owl.

A,B,C

Wormies2026

I really liked the illustrations especially the feature where you could find the owl

Aarush

Wormies2026

Orla

DA Gladiators

It is a book for young kids about going on a sleeper train.

netanel

Belsize Stories

This book I think is an alright book, its got lovely pictures. I loved the page where the main character was wondering if any other child was awake, and there was a house next to the train with a child peeking out! It was quite funny and I'm glad to have noticed it, some of the illustrations are a little bit, all over the place. But i think it makes it feel really alive. Would maybe not recommend to older ages, as its a picture book and quite short. But its a great bedtime story as it talks a lot about sleeping.

Lucie

LomondSchoolHelensburgh