Central Kansas Library System

The Small Potatoes ride the train to the Potato Fair.

On his way to visit Granny Bett, who is feeling blue, Railroad Hank stops at the farms of several friends and, misunderstanding their offers to help, winds up with a trainload of crazy cargo.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal different kinds of trains, how they run, and the sounds they make.

Crispin Mayo was a reckless young brawler who'd left his tiny fishing village for the vast American frontier. Headed west to join a railroad construction crew, he came upon an isolated station, and a mystery. The shack was abandoned, but fresh blood spattered the floor, and the telegraph was clicking away unattended. When Mayo stepped inside and put a hand on the telegraph key, he had no way of knowing the course of his life would change forever,...

A little train goes for a ride, taking all the stuffed animals where they want to go.

Thomas tries to evade a swarm of bees that are following him because he's hauling a stock of flowers.

After James tells a scary story, Thomas the tank engine imagines there is a horrible, engine-eating monster coming after him.

Illustrations and a cumulative rhyme, in the style of "The House that Jack Built," introduce the inner workings of a steam engine and how it powers a train.

After receiving a mysterious coded message, Zen Starling abandons his life of luxury and, with the help of sentient trains, goes in search of android Nova, who plans to reawaken the Railmaker.