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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Celebrate the 90th anniversary of The Little Engine That Could with this all-time classic reillustrated by Caldecott Award-winning artist Dan Santat!
The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls...
3) Train
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A picture-packed guide to the fascinating story of trains and how they have transformed our world. Discover how the vision of George Stephenson, the "father of the railroad," materialized into an age of steam around the world. Study the cut-out of a locomotive to understand how the movement of the piston turns the wheels. Learn how the American railroad contributed to the development and progress in the US and facilitated the spread of population...
8) Unstoppable
Pub. Date
c2010
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A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Scranton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.
10) The little train
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Engineer Small takes the little train on its run from Tinytown to the big city, passing farms, traveling over a bridge, and going though a tunnel along the way.
11) Trains
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Presents a variety of trains and what they do, including a passenger train, a freight train, a steam engine, and an electric train. On board pages.
12) I love trains !
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A boy expresses his love of trains, describing many kinds of train cars and their special job.s
13) Train song
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Description
Rhymed text and illustrations describe the journey of a transcontinental trains.
14) The Wrecker
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 20
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In The Chase, Clive Cussler introduced an electrifying new hero, the tall, lean, no-nonsense detective Isaac Bell, who, driven by his sense of justice, travels early-twentieth-century America pursuing thieves and killers . . . and sometimes criminals much worse. It is 1907, a year of financial panic and labor unrest. Train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad's Cascades express line and, desperate, the railroad hires...
15) Trains
Author
Pub. Date
[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines different kinds of trains, past and present, describing their features and functions.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
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
Series
Holland family saga volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
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The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Joanne McDuffy, an articulate and fierce college student and gifted painter. Their soul connection is immediate, but their...
19) Niccolini's song
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A gentle night watchman at the railroad yard lulls anxious train engines to sleep by singing just the right song.
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