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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tom Langdon, a weary and cash-strapped journalist, is banned from flying when a particularly thorough airport security search causes him to lose his cool. Now, he must take the train if he has any chance of arriving in Los Angeles in time for Christmas with his girlfriend. To finance the trip, he sells a story about a train ride taken during the Christmas season."
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This comprehensive guide will assist the traveler in planning an excursion and executing it with minimum effort and maximum pleasure" -Library Journal All Aboard-first published in 1995, and here completely revised and updated-is much more than just a mile-by-mile scenery guide for train travelers. It will make any trip smoother and more enjoyable with its insightful travel trips and information about how railroads operate. With trains attracting...
4) Trains
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discover a whole new way of looking at trains, from the old steam engines found in amusement parks and zoos to super-speeders in Japan that travel at 361 miles per hour. Also see the world's longest freight train, stretching on for a whopping 4.6 miles and futuristic railways in the sky.
5) Train travel
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book takes a look at trains and train travel in the following places: India, Europe, Peru, Russia, Australia, South Africa, United States, Canada, Japan, and China.
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
20180405
Language
English
Description
Kids can explore how the railroad shaped the history of the United States and Canada, see 15 beloved cities, and discover some of its most iconic locomotives in this stylishly designed book by Canadian author/illustrator Blanchet.
8) Line 135
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A young girl on a train enroute to her grandmother's house in the country, reflects on traveling through the world and life.
9) Train I ride
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Traveling from California to Chicago after her mother dies of a drug overdose and her grandmother of lung cancer, thirteen-year-old Rydr meets other passengers on the train and attempts to accept her own situation.
10) Train rides
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs describe a train ride, including the work of the engineer and the conductor.
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Hop on board the train on a rollicking, rhyming adventure to meet some of Alaska's most beloved animals. Included at the back is a glossary of the parts of a train, plus more information about the famous Alaska Train and a map of its route.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Trains, cranes, good friends-with warmth and whimsy, Daisy Hirst follows an adventurous bear and a home-loving goose who discover that new experiences are even better shared. Hamish the bear and Noreen the goose live in the country, where they like to watch the trains whoosh by. While Noreen is happy to stay in the country, Hamish can't help but wonder what it would be like to ride the train into the city. So one day he says goodbye to Noreen and...
14) All about trains
Author
Publisher
Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
15) Zombie train
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
While twelve-year-old Wyatt rides out the zombie apocalypse on his crew's cobbled together train, a mysterious girl arrives with stories of a potential cure for the zombie parasite.
Author
Language
English
Description
From traditional steam trains to super-fast bullet trains, this fact-filled information book allows children to look inside locomotives and find out how they work. Young readers can lift-the-flaps to discover fun facts and find out about the history of train travel.
18) Rattle and rap
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple text depict travels by train, through a tunnel, and across a level crossing to the sea while taking passengers to their stations.
20) The winter train
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
As the cold weather approaches, the forest animals prepare to board the train that will take them to a warmer place for the winter, but then someone realizes that Squirrel is missing.