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1) Eurostar
Author
Publisher
Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Readers will learn interesting and historical facts about the fast trains that run through parts of Europe, like when they began operation and how they are used today. This series is at a Level 2 and is written specifically for emerging readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards.
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Packed with stunning photography, Train catalogues the development of trains from early steam to diesel engines and electric locomotives, explores in detail iconic trains such as the Palace on Wheels and the Orient Express, and chronicles the social, political, and cultural backdrop against which railways were built the world over. Profiling the best loved railways and rail journeys of all time - from the Union-Pacific Railroad to the Trans-Siberian...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
All aboard, but beware! Passengers who sleep on this train may never wake up. In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train from London to the Highlands derails, along with the festive plans of its travelers. With the train buried in snow in the middle of nowhere, the passengers have only each other, and not all of them will reach their holiday celebrations. As a killer tries to pick passengers off one by one, former Met Detective Roz Parker...
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This thoughtful STEM picture book biography about the brilliant architect of Grand Central Terminal is a celebration of resilience in the face of adversity, creative problem solving, and, of course, trains! With whimsical illustrations by Dave Szalay.
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Big Books of Trains is a colorful compendium of amazing trains and locomotives that will entertain and inform children for hours. Learn all about powerful steam engines, hanging monorails, and superfast bullet trains. Featuring stunning illustrations of locomotives and fun facts, The Big Books of Trains is the ultimate first trains book.
Author
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
In 2018, Paisley Rekdal was commissioned to write a poem commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. The result is "West: A translation" -- an unflinching hybrid collection of poems and essays that draws a poerful, necessary connection between the railroad's completion and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943).
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