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2) Train
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A picture-packed guide to the fascinating story of trains and how they have transformed our world. Discover how the vision of George Stephenson, the "father of the railroad," materialized into an age of steam around the world. Study the cut-out of a locomotive to understand how the movement of the piston turns the wheels. Learn how the American railroad contributed to the development and progress in the US and facilitated the spread of population...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Few travel by trains today, but kids regardless are fascinated by the freight train, passenger trains, the conductor, and even the caboose. Terrific Trains will mix both illustrations and photographs to bring the railroad to life!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Little conductors and engineers willl love learning all about trains with this non-fiction Little Golden Book! All aboard! My Little Golden Book About Trains is a fact-filled look at a subject children are fascinated by! Full of exciting, colorful illustrations celebrating the history of the railroad. Boys and girls will love learning about passenger trains, freight trains, subways, elevated trains, and even high-speed bullet trains!
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Big trains, small trains, short trains, long trains... which do you like best? Follow fifty colourful trains as they whizz along tracks and through tunnels up, down, around and back again! Can you find your favourite? Full of spotting and counting fun.
Author
Series
Ernest Cunningham mysteries volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"On a famous Australian train between Darwin and Adelaide for the Mystery Writers' Society one of the attendees is murdered for real in the new mystery from the author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone"--
14) From the train
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Linh sees many things while she rides on the train. Includes color illustrations and leveled text. Pairs with the nonfiction book I Ride"--
Author
Series
Publisher
A Golden Book
Pub. Date
©1951
Language
English
Description
"This infectious story from 1951, about a big train and a little train that have just left Kalamazoo, has captured the imaginations of generations of children. Out of print for decades, it is back to delight little ones again. "Clackety-clack--clackety-clack--pocketa-pocketa-pocketa" --down the track they go! Now a new generation of children will pore over the cheerful illustrations of bridges, tracks, and countryside, while listening to this rollicking...
17) Trains
Author
Series
Publisher
Spot, published by Amicus and Amicus Ink
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about trains and how they transport people and oil"--Provided by publisher.
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