Summary: "The Big Books of Trains is a colorful compendium of amazing trains and locomotives that will entertain and inform children for hours. Learn all about powerful steam engines, hanging monorails, and superfast bullet trains. Featuring stunning illustrations of locomotives and fun facts, The Big Books of Trains is the ultimate first trains book, "--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2016
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Summary: Presents information about trains and railroads, including the history of railroads, different types of trains, and famous trains.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chronicles the history of locomotive development, including photographs of over four hundred types of trains and seven of the world's most memorable railroad journeys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 385.09 TRAIN SMIBurkhardt, D. C. Jesse
Summary: With 145 color photographs and maps, Northbound Tracks Across Michigan and Wisconsin presents a visual history of contemporary changes to the railroad networks across these two states in the Great Lakes region. Michigan-born photojournalist, D. C. Jesse Burkhardt, carries readers on a journey that chronicles rail operations in Wisconsin and Michigan. The primary focus extends from the 1970s to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Publishing 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 385.09775 BURSummary: Building an airplane: A jet airplane is one of the fastest machines on the planet. But have you ever seen one being made? It all goes together like a jigsaw puzzle! Once it's assembled, a test pilot takes the jet out for a flight. Will it pass the test? Soon the jet is ready to get to work flying people all over the world; Ride the mountain rails!: Work train is busy keeping the tracks in good...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by NCircle Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV MIGCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIGCrow, Melinda Melton.
Summary: "Tractor helps Train out of a messy situation"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Hop on board as Thomas learns to navigate a difficult bend on his new route. See Thomas and Percy work hard to achieve their goal of being the cleanest engines, and more Thomas adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hit Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Juvenile DVD, Call number: J DVD Movie Thomas 2004Crow, Melinda Melton.
Summary: "Fire Truck is very brave, and while he is off fighting a fire, School Bus, Tractor, and Train await his return"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Pre-Reader (Orange), Call number: JBR ORANGE CROSummary: Thomas, Sir Topham Hatt, Percy, and their other friends have learned many lessons about the value of working together to accomplish a goal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HIT Entertainment 2004
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1 available in Children's videos, Call number: J DVD Movie Thomas 2004Burke, James Lee
Summary: "The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise. 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 Jo Anne McDuffy, a college student and gifted painter. Their connection is immediate, but their romance is complicated by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BURChant, Christopher.
Summary: Although the origins of the train concept are to be found in the Middle Ages, and the use of steam power for locomotives emerged in the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, the train really came of age in the Victorian era of the 19th century. At this time there was an explosion of technical ideas, and this combined with greater national wealth and a rapidly changing social and economic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chartwell Books 2000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 385 CHASimon, Seymour.
Summary: Photographs and brief text present different kinds of trains and their cars: passenger trains, mountain trains, freight trains, diesel locomotives, gondolas, hopper cars, tank cars, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 385 SIMPrénat, Sophie
Summary: Flaps, pull tabs, and many other moveable parts show young children how these mighty engines have helped people travel and transport goods throughout history. Pull a tab to open train doors, lift flaps to see inside a train car, or turn a wheel to see different types of trains. Chock-full of surprising details and beautiful illustrations, this interactive book is a must-have for young train and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twirl/Bayard Group 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PREPhilip, Claire
Summary: Trains are an exciting topic for readers of all ages, but especially for early learners. They enjoy discovering how trains work, what the different kinds of trains are, and how quickly they can move people and goods from place to place. Those are just some of the things they learn in this creative and charming guide to trains, featuring adorable illustrated characters and accessible text....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2023
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Summary: Harrison Beck is reluctantly joining his travel-writer Uncle Nat for the last journey of the royal train, The Highland Falcon. But as the train makes its way to Scotland, a priceless brooch goes missing, and things suddenly get a lot more interesting. As suspicions and accusations run high among the passengers, Harrison begins to investigate and uncovers a few surprises along the way. Can he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LEOClapper, Nikki Bruno
Summary: "Large photographs and simple text describe different passenger trains"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2015
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Summary: "Developed by literacy experts in partnership with educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to trains through simple, predictable text and related photos"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN MCDWebster, Christy
Summary: In "Marvelous Machinery" Thomas the Tank Engine and his engine friends help the Earl and his friend Ruth get ready for a fair featuring new inventions, and in "The Royal Engine" Thomas takes Sir Topham Hatt to London to meet the queen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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Summary: Simple pictures and text introduce the reader to passenger trains and terms associated with them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2011