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What is Shortcut about?

<p><P>The train tracks ran right by Bigmama's house in Cottondale, and the children were warned to stay off the tracks. But one night they were late, and the tracks were a shortcut, so they started off. And when there was no turning back, they heard the train coming.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>A group of children get the thrill of a lifetime when they decide to cut short their walk home in Crews's new picture book. Though they know the freight train might round the bend momentarily, the kids opt for playing along the tracks instead of walking on their familiar route. Charged with excitement, the escapade turns to fullblown alarm when the train whistle sounds, sending the youngsters scrambling to safety at the last minute. Crews's economical text deftly explores a roller coaster ride of emotion in just a few paragraphs, highlighted with effective onomotopeia-Whoo wh(,o; klackity, klackity, klack. The underlying childlike sensibilities here-taking a risk to the limit, for example-authenticate the author's voice throughout. The story, an extension of the characters first introduced in Crews's nostalgic Bigmama's, is a perfect foil for the artist's masterful renderings of trains.

Who reads Shortcut?

Author

Crews, Donald

Publisher

A Mulberry Paperback Book

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780613004602

Category

children's

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction

Rating

4.01 / 5 (314 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14