As the station clock goes “Tick-tock, tickerty-tock . . .” (n.p.), a colorful train goes on its way down the tracks with a “Clickerty-click, clickerty-clack . . .” (n.p.), carrying carloads of passengers, all having something to say about the train ride. The text is simple but full of interesting-sounding words that are different from the sounds usually associated with the ticking of a clock, a moving train, noisy hens, and so on. The illustrations feature a string of in tricately patterned and brightly colored cars on an old-fashioned train filled with equally detailed and colorful passengers . ca

Originally published by Walker Books Great Britain, in 2007.

As assorted passengers comment on their train ride, and the train itself goes "Clickerty click, clickerty clack," the station parrot is carefully listening to every sound.