A picture book · Ages 4–8

The Storm
Night Train

Three nights before the New Year, in the middle of a storm, Ivy wakes up alone in an empty train carriage. Then a strange old train drifts into the station…

“While the lamp is lit, someone is waiting.”

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By Quin Quin · Book 1 of Tales of Camellia · Instant download, read on a tablet or print at home
Cover of The Storm Night Train: a girl in a yellow raincoat holding a lantern beside a seaside railway as an old steam train crosses a wooden bridge at night
The story

A small girl, a big storm, and one last match

Ivy’s grandpa is the signalman at a little station by the sea. Every evening he lights the storm lantern and hangs it on the signal post, so the night trains can find their way home.

One stormy night, Ivy finds herself on a mysterious old train. The passengers sleep with quiet smiles, a kind tea seller offers a cup that makes every sadness disappear, and the ticket inspectors are coming. Ivy has no ticket, only her courage and Grandpa’s old matchbox with one last match inside.

A gentle, hopeful story about courage, memory, and the people who love us so much they would forget everything, just so we can find our way home.

Grandpa hangs the storm lantern on the signal post while Ivy looks up at him
Inside the book

32 pages of painterly, lantern-lit illustrations

Storm clouds, rattling carriages and warm pools of lamplight, made for reading aloud at bedtime.

Sleeping passengers on the old night train
The passengers sat perfectly still, eyes closed, smiling…
Ivy curled up in a dark tunnel
The train plunged into a tunnel.
Ivy holds up the lantern beside the railway as the train crosses the bridge
Grandpa’s storm lantern, still shining.
Ivy and Mom hang the lantern by the sea at dusk
While the lamp is lit, someone remembers.
Why families love it

Made for reading together

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Cozy suspense

Just enough mystery to hold little listeners, with a warm, safe ending.

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A line to say together

“While the lamp is lit, someone is waiting” returns again and again.

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Talking about loss

A tender, hopeful way to talk with children about missing a grandparent.

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A New Year story

Inspired by the Vietnamese Tết tradition of going home to family.

Grandpa gives Ivy his old matchbox Grandpa hugs Ivy on the train Sunrise over the seaside signal lamp
Quin Quin
About the author

Quin Quin

The Storm Night Train is the first book in Tales of Camellia, a series of gentle, atmospheric picture books about Ivy (whose real name is Camellia), a brave little girl in a yellow raincoat, and the people she loves.

Each story is a small adventure about courage, family and memory, written first in Vietnamese and shared in English for families everywhere.

Hello, world! Quin Quin is born, October 31, 2026
News
October 31, 2026

Hello, world!

Today Quin Quin is born — a little home for picture books made for bedtime, for brave hearts, and for the people we miss.

Our first story, The Storm Night Train (Tales of Camellia), is now available as a printable PDF picture book on Etsy, in English, Vietnamese and Spanish. It follows Ivy, a little girl in a yellow raincoat, on a magical night train through the storm, guided by the lamp her grandpa keeps lit.

Thank you for being here at the very beginning. Follow along for illustrations, behind-the-scenes, and the day the book goes live.

While the lamp is lit, someone is waiting.

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36 pages · 8.5 × 8.5 in · instant download · read on a tablet or print at home

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Vietnamese PDF

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Chuyến Tàu Đêm Bão · 36 pages · instant download

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Spanish PDF

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El tren de la noche de tormenta · 36 pages · instant download

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