 John Blair and the Great Hinckley Fire
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| By : Josephine Nobisso |
On September 1, 1894, disaster struck the Limited No. 4 train as it became caught in a devastating firestorm. The train's porter, John Wesley Blair, acted with courage and compassion throughout the terrible ordeal, and his story, along with the story of the Great Hinckley Fire, is finally told. Full-color illustrations.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co
Sales Rank: 511,366
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Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express (Reading Rainbow Book)
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| By : Margaret K. Wetterer, Karen Ritz (Illustrator) |
Grade 1-3-- A vivid recounting of a true story of a young girl in 1881 Iowa, told in the format and style of an easy reader. Through her courageous actions, Kate Shelley was able to save the lives of two men when a railroad bridge was washed out, plus the lives of 200 others speeding toward the broken bridge on an express train. The language is simple, yet its terseness conveys the danger and excitement of the incident. Ritz's dark, soft-edged paintings convey the emotional drama as Kate struggles through the storm to the bridge. This is a wonderful bit of history brought to life to share with young readers. No dullness here--it's a page-turner.
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Sales Rank: 78,235
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Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend
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| By : Robert D. San Souci, Max Ginsburg (Illustrator) |
Gr. 3^-5, younger for reading aloud. In this picture book for older readers, San Souci reconstructs a slice of history. After the railroad bridge near her home collapsed during a summer storm in 1881, 15-year-old Kate Shelley walked to the nearest railroad station to make sure the passenger train from Chicago would be stopped before it reached the broken bridge. To get to the station, she had to crawl across a 700-foot-long railroad bridge, with a raging river below. The train had been stopped...
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
Sales Rank: 272,654
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.8 / 5.0 
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Steam, Smoke and Steel: Back in Time With Trains
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| By : Patrick O'Brien (Illustrator) |
For this short history of trains, O'Brien (Gigantic! How Big Were the Dinosaurs?) brings a fictional overlay to a fact-filled presentation. The child narrator comes from a long dynasty of train engineers. Starting with his father (who drives a giant locomotive) and working his way back to his great-great-great-great-great-grandfather ("one of the very first people ever to drive a train in this country"), the narrator describes the generations both of his family and of trains. Both the text and the watercolor-and-gouache illustrations are generous with details, explaining how different types of engines work and identifying specific parts of various trains.
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Sales Rank: 62,065
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0
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The Banshee Train
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| By : Ted Rose (Illustrator), Odds Bodkin |
Odds Bodkin's story, based on folklore that Irish railroad workers brought to America, and Ted Rose's shimmering watercolors evoke the suspense and mystery of this otherworldly chase through the high Rocky Mountains. On a foggy night, spring floods swell the Colorado River. John Mercer, engineer of Train Number 1, and Mr. O'Reilly, his fireman, worry about crossing Gore Canyon where, twenty years before, the trestle washed out and an unlucky engineer drove his train over the edge. Is Gore Canyon Trestle still there? And can they-should they-try to outrun the Banshee?
Publisher: Clarion Books
Sales Rank: 365,914
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0
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The Banshee Train
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| By : Ted Rose (Illustrator), Odds Bodkin (Author) |
Odds Bodkin's story, based on folklore that Irish railroad workers brought to America, and Ted Rose's shimmering watercolors evoke the suspense and mystery of this otherworldly chase through the high Rocky Mountains. On a foggy night, spring floods swell the Colorado River. John Mercer, engineer of Train Number 1, and Mr. O'Reilly, his fireman, worry about crossing Gore Canyon where, twenty years before, the trestle washed out and an unlucky engineer drove his train over the edge. Is Gore Canyon Trestle still there? And can they-should they-try to outrun the Banshee?
Publisher: Clarion Books
Sales Rank: 365,914
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0
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The Best Book of Trains
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| By : Richard Balkwill |
All aboard for a riveting ride along the rails! Tracks and smokestacks, signals and steam trains, engineers and diesels - all the details that thrill young train enthusiasts are here in this information-packed picture book. With its action-oriented text, detailed, full-color spreads and step-by-step illustrations, this book takes a trip aboard trains from all over the world, and every period of railroad history. Realistic art shows the fascinating detail behind the steam engines of the past, and the sleek outlines of the modern, high-speed French TGV and Japanese bullet trains.
Publisher: Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Sales Rank: 49,490
Avg. Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0
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