
Freight Train
By Christopher Healy,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Adaptation reflects simplicity of classic preschool book.
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The developers of the FREIGHT TRAIN app were wise not to go overboard with high-tech bells and whistles. The simplicity of the original book -- in both its spare text and clean, uncluttered artwork -- is what made it a classic. Here, kids get neat little extras, like the ability to open the door of the stock car and find cows inside or the chance to release water from the tank car. And they get to see the train zip along in full motion animation at the end. Very nicely done.
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- Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Release date: December 8, 2010
- Category: Books
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Version: 1.0
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 3.1 or later
- Last updated: August 22, 2016
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