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| Steam, Smoke and Steel: Back in Time With Trains |
| 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 List Price: 16.95 Customer Rating: 5 / 5.0 
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