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21) The last train
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Song lyrics about the bygone era of the mighty iron horse are paired with detailed paintings that pay tribute to life around a little railroad station.
23) Freight train
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Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.
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Goodnight Train volume 3
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Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text welcome riders onto the Goodnight Train as it follows Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve.
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Goodnight Train volume 1
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A child's bedtime ritual follows the imaginary journey of a goodnight train's trip to the dreamland station.
27) Trains!
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Introduces the history of trains, from the nineteenth-century steam locomotives that bridged the American East and West to the Japanese "pusher" commuter trains and the Scottish train used as the Hogwarts Express in the "Harry Potter" films.
29) Orphan train
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Between 1854 and 1929, so-called orphan trains ran regularly from the cities of the East Coast to the farmlands of the Midwest, carrying thousands of abandoned children whose fates would be determined by luck and chance. This is the story of one such child. As a young Irish immigrant, Vivian Daly was sent by rail from New York City to an uncertain future a world away. Returning east later in life, Vivian leads a quiet, peaceful existence on the coast...
32) Passenger trains
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces passenger trains to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
33) Freight trains
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces freight trains to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
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"Life on the Rush farm in South Dakota is not easy. Even so, over the past four years, Ethan Cooper and his siblings have grown to feel they belong with their adoptive family. Then Chad Rush makes an unexpected announcement. The family is moving again--this time to Mexico! Ethan is scared. What dangers will they face in another country? What will it be like to live on an oil homestead instead of a farm? And what about his dreams of getting an education?...
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Inside Build it! Trains, you'll find a range of creative models to put together, created using the LEGO® Classic sets 10693 and 10695, or bricks that LEGO® obsessives may already have at home. Each book in this interactive series contains 3-5 "dioramas" featuring a diverse range of models. Full color, step-by-step diagrams guide you through the process, enhancing the fun.
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Will Keen is a western man living his life in two different worlds - one white, one Piaute Indian. He dresses in white man's clothes and adopts many of his habits and mannerisms. Only high cheekbones and dark eyes that miss nothing give a hint of the Indian blood coursing through his veins. Will knows the western wilderness like no other because he was raised in it, and guides wagon trains westwards into Oregon Territory, braving savage lands and...
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"These fabulous books are a must for any young reader with an interest in vehicles and machines. Each book is filled with amazing machines, fun facts, jokes, and age-appropriate text in colorful boxes. This book takes a close look at machines on rails including bullet trains, railway snowploughs, and the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster. Find out which machine on rails is the mightiest of them all!"--Provided by publisher.
39) The spy
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Isaac Bell thrillers volume 3
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In 1908, a brilliant American battleship gun designer dies in a sensational apparent suicide. The man's grief-stricken daughter turns to the legendary Van Dorn Detective Agency to clear her father's name. Van Dorn puts his chief investigator on the case, and Isaac Bell soon realizes that the clues point not to suicide but to murder.