Central Kansas Library System

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

"The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm. But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three...six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after...

Rhyming text introduces a variety of trains as they leave a station, rush along the tracks, and arrive at the platform where travelers are waiting.

Josh, who does not like noise, is continually interrupted in his quiet play by eleven noisy brothers and sisters, but one day there is a strange new sound which only he is brave enough to investigate.