Railroads And Trains category: 202 books

This little book explores the Severn Valley and the places the railway passes through from Worcester to Shrewsbury as it was in 1863. The Severn, like other English rivers, may be said to have been a railway pioneer in having one built along its banks: first, in having done much to correct...

In this endearing story of a tiny toy train, the creator of the hit series Dinotrux now breathes life into more than a half-dozen trains that climb, haul, chug, zip, and zoom. In a small room, down a short flight of stairs, there lives a little toy train...about to have a BIG adventure! There's...

Red caboose at the back, orange tank car, green cattle car, purple box car, black tender and a black steam engine . . . freight train. In simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. This Calecott Honor...

Using a variety of styles and conventions, this book is an exciting and humorous way to expose young readers to poetry. All of the poems contain literary elements such as alliteration, imagery, and rhyming. Young readers will love the cartoon-style images coupled with fun original Spanish poems about trucks, trains, robots, and so much more.

The wonderful trains featured in this book are grab the attention of little readers. The book utilizes curriculum based text to get children comfortable with reading and uses the Whole Language approach to literacy, a combination of sight words and repetition builds recognition and confidence. Bold,...

Bobber and his friends didn't mean to run away, but on their own in the locomotives and steam of Kansas City's turn-of-the-century train yards, adventures just seem to happen! Further and further they go into this exciting world of trains, as the children spend five days exploring the vast fields of the behemoth railway system. But are they prepared for the dangers that may await?

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories... In a tunnel under the Thames, an urchin named Jenny and the young Queen Victoria dream of a wonderful new idea – underground trains! Twenty years later, the dream is finally becoming a reality. However, the construction of the Underground...

Ride the rails of the night train in this beautifully rendered journey conducted by renowned artist Wendell Minor and frequent collaborator Robert Burleigh. Rhyming, lyrical text describes the sights and sounds of a nighttime journey from country to city on a passenger train in the 1940s. Largely...

Toot is a little red train who wishes he were as big and strong and fast as the other trains in the railroad yard. Try as he might, he's never able look as mighty, pull as much, or go as fast as all the others. But when there's trouble on the track, Toot learns that sometimes being small and slow and steady is just what's needed. A great read-aloud book for bedtime or anytime.

A night train, a freight train, a high-speed train. Racing across the country, from coast to coast. All aboard!Climb aboard a red-striped Commuter Train in the East. Switch to a blue Passenger Train rolling through midwestern farmland. Then hop on a Freight Train, soar over mountains on an Overnight...

Another charming tale in The Little Red Train series which will appeal to all little boys and girls obsessed with engines, trains and things that go - now with book and CD! When Duffy the driver is told to keep on going until the lights change, that's exactly what he does - so he doesn't even...

This third book in the Cascade Mountain Railroad Mysteries series, based on a page from American history, follows a trio of mischievous and determined young crime solvers. It is 1926 in the remote camp town of Scenic, Washington, and Billy, Dannie and Finn have more on their minds than the upcoming...

When a third train chugs onto the scene, Huff and Puff learn how to share their friends. Join the fun with these two sweet trains in an easy-to-read story that's perfect for beginning readers. Each book in the Huff and Puff series has simple verse and rhyme, designed by experts to help children learn...

A story of utter nonsense to entertain and delight young and old alike. The Party Line is inspired by the Heart of Wales Railway that runs across the centre of Wales from Shrewsbury to Swansea where, even today, if you want to board the train you have to put out your arm to indicate to the driver...