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.

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.

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!

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.

Lovely book for a train obsessed 6 yr old. I suggest parents open the flaps first time as it requires patience to understand which side opens up so my son ripped a section which I sellotaped back in place.

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.

Great gift for kids