railroad trains

A dog named Tupelo sets off with her sock toy, Mr. Bones, to find the right place to call home, looking to the stars for guidance.

Photographs and text provide information about trains, looking at the different types of train cars and their uses, and introducing the people who run and ride trains.

In 1932, during the Depression in Ohio, thirteen-year-old Rudy, determined to help his family weather the hard times, hops a train going west to California and experiences the hobo life.

When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet through photographs and illustrations of things associated with trains and the railroad.

A little boy, living out his fantasy of driving his own freight train, describes the different cars, what each carries, how they are connected, and more.

A boy expresses his love of trains, describing many kinds of train cars and their special jobs.

Not happy that a new baby sister is coming home from the hospital, Christina Katerina takes her toy bears on a faraway train journey all over the neighborhood.

Provides an illustrated introduction to trains, looks at train parts, shows how trains move on tracks, and describes different types of trains and train cars.