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June Sobel was born in New York City and grew up in the Long Island suburb of Oceanside, New York. She graduated Skidmore College and has an MFA in Painting from Stanford University. The birth of her son renewed her interest in the read aloud magic of picture books. June loves the challenge of creating books that awaken the wonder of words and pictures in children as well as keep the child alive in adults. She wrote her first book B IS FOR BULLDOZER illustrated by Melissa Iwai when she couldn't find an ABC book on construction for her truck obsessed three year old. Her books include SHIVER ME LETTERS - A PIRATE ABC illustrated by Henry Cole and the THE GOODNIGHT TRAIN series illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith. THE GOODNIGHT TRAIN series con ...more

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	The Goodnight Train by June Sobel (Goodreads Author), Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 1,725 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC by June Sobel (Goodreads Author), Henry Cole (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 1,059 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC by June Sobel (Goodreads Author), Melissa Iwai (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 3.78 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Goodnight Train Rolls On! 3.66 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Santa and the Goodnight Train by June Sobel (Goodreads Author), Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 172 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tow Truck Joe by June Sobel (Goodreads Author), Patrick Corrigan (Illustrator) 3.62 avg rating — 143 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Goodnight Train Halloween by June Sobel (Goodreads Author), Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 83 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tow Truck Joe Makes a Splash by June Sobel (Goodreads Author), Patrick Corrigan (Illustrator) 3.53 avg rating — 74 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Day, Hooray! by June Sobel (Goodreads Author), Nabila Adani (Illustrator) 3.84 avg rating — 58 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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