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The Everywhere Train

Deborah Frenkel

Publish Date   1 September, 2026
RRP   $24.99

On Fridays, Scout goes riding on the train with Pop. They look at the world ribboning past, hello-goodbye-hello-goodbye …

When Pop moves into an aged-care facility, it seems their train-riding tradition is over, but Scout and Pop make a plan …

They build a station by his bed, make the tickets and board a train that can take them anywhere – to yesterday and tomorrow, to here and there, and all the everywheres in between.

From the beloved creators of The Truck Cat comes a story about trains and traditions, children and their grandparents, and the everlastingpower of memory and imagination. 


Awards & acclaim for The Truck Cat

  • The #1 bestselling Australian children's book of 2025!
  • The #1 bestselling picture book of 2025!
  • Winner: Children's Book Council of Australia, Picture Book of the Year
  • Winner: Children's Book Council of Australia, Shadow Judging Picture Book of the Year
  • Winner: Australian Book Industry Awards, Children's Picture Book of the Year
  • Shortlisted: NSW Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature


Praise for The Truck Cat

'A heartfelt, hopeful story of finding home … A must-read picture book.' Sandhya Parappukkaran, award-winning author of The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name
 
'At a time when the world is in turmoil, much of it due to ignorance, intolerance and bigotry, there could not be a more timely choice for a book that will bring children right across the country together, in a glorious celebration and a move towards greater acceptance and empathy.' Just So Stories
 
'An excellent picture book. It combines great storytelling with poignant and heartwarming emotions of loss, companionship and love. It is pitched perfectly to entertain and move young readers, as well as to gently open their hearts and minds.' Paperbark Words
 
'Who knew so much love could be encapsulated in only 30 pages?! A picture book for all ages, and for everyone, human or feline' Readings, Best Picture Books of the Year
 
'A touching reminder that "home is everywhere".' Our Bookish Days
 
'Themes of immigration, belonging, identity and home, run strong through this narrative … a book that adults and children will admire and want to read over and over.' Get Kids Booked

'The Truck Cat is everything a good picture book should be. It is understated yet unpredictable and delivers a story that grows in the reader’s mind over time, always inviting a revisit … The story splits into two threads, then comes together at the end to meaningfully bind themes of home, belonging and the migrant experience.' NSW Literary Awards

Deborah Frenkel is an awarded writer of picture books and an as-yet-unawarded starer-outer-er of windows. Her books include 2025's CBCA and ABIA Picture Book of the Year and National Simultaneous Storytime title The Truck Cat (illustrated by Danny Snell), as well as How to Get Home, 100 School Days, The Sydney Harbour Fairy, Boldilocks and Naturopolis. She lives on Bunurong land in Melbourne, with her family and an enormous tuxedo cat who loves staring out of windows, too. Daniel Gray-Barnett is an award-winning illustrator and author who lives in the Huon Valley in lutruwita/Tasmania. Self-taught, he studied Medical Science at the University of Sydney before swapping his microscope for pencils when he realised illustration had a much lower patient mortality rate. He now works across a range of projects with clients in advertising, editorial and publishing. His first book Grandma Z won the Children's Book Council of Australia award for Best New Illustrator. It was also featured in the Society of Illustrators' Original Art and annual shows and was chosen by the International Youth Library as one of 2019's White Ravens.Deborah Frenkel is a Melbourne-based writer of everything from books to billboards and even the words on the back of cereal boxes. Her writing for children includes picture books about nature, imagination, and different kinds of belonging. She is the author of the bestselling, multi-award-winning picture book The Truck Cat.

Danny Snell lives in Adelaide and has been working as an illustrator for over 20 years. He has illustrated over a dozen children’s picture books, including The Truck Cat.

ISBN   9781761213953
Pages   32
Publisher   Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
Format   Hardback
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