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1) Train
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Crispin Mayo finds himself involved in the battle of his life when he inadvertently comes upon an abandoned telegraph station -- the scene of a crime -- and a band of Civil War veterans with a score to settle.
7) Trains
Author
Language
English
Description
Brief text and illustrations present a variety of trains and what they do. On board pages.
9) Trains
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
10) Trains on the go
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
11) I'm fast!
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Two trains race each other on the way to Chicago.
12) Trains
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations introduce a variety of trains and their uses. Includes freight trains, passenger trains, monorails, and subways.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"On a famous Australian train between Darwin and Adelaide for the Mystery Writers' Society one of the attendees is murdered for real"--
"When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn't pan out. The...
16) Terrific trains
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 1010L
Language
English
Description
"Few travel by trains today, but kids regardless are fascinated by the freight train, passenger trains, the conductor, and even the caboose. Terrific Trains will mix both illustrations and photographs to bring the railroad to life!"--Provided by publisher.
18) Trains
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
Description
Describes the different cars that make up a train, including those for different kinds of freight and those used by passengers, and explains how trains change directions.
19) Clickety clack
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A train gets noisier and more crowded as quacking ducks, dancing acrobats, talking yaks, and packs of elephants board.