Ten Terrific Books about Trains

by Shelley Headrick

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Caswell, Deanna.  Train Trip.  Traveling to visit grandma, a young boy rides on a train for the first time.  (PreK – 1^st)

De Roo, Elena.  The Rain Train.  A train travels through a rainy night.  (PreK – 1^st)

Courtney, Richard (illustrator).  Thomas and the Jet Engine.  While taking a jet plane to the airport, the plane’s engine is turned on and Thomas becomes a very fast train.

(PreK – 2^nd)

Crunk, Tony.  Railroad John and the Red Rock Run.  Railroad John faces many obstacles on his way to Lonesome Bob’s wedding.  (K – 3^rd)

Maltbie, P.I.  Claude Monet: The Painter Who Stopped the Trains.  After his son becomes fascinated by trains, Claude Monet begins painting them.  (2^nd – 5^th)

Steele, Philip.  Legendary Journeys: Trains.  Learn about trains throughout history in this interactive book.  (3^rd – 6^th)

Barnett, Mac.  It Happened on a Train. The Brixton Brothers are at it again when they solve another mystery aboard a train.  (4^th – 6^th)

Wells, Rosemary.  On the Blue Comet.  During the Depression, eleven-year-old Oscar’s love for model trains takes him on a mystical journey. (4^th – 7^th)

Cushman, Karen.  Rodzina. A twelve-year-old is sent West on an orphan train to find a new home. (5^th – 9^th)

Perkins, Lynne Rae.  As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth.  A teen has the adventure of a lifetime when he disembarks from a train and is left in the middle of nowhere.  (8^th – 12^th)

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