Railroad
& Train Books for Kids
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Thomas The Really Useful Engine by W. Awdry. When a storm damages Tidmouth Station and all the other train engines are stranded, Thomas and his driver save the day. |
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Trains
by Byron Barton. All aboard as the train journeys through a town,
past workers repairing a rail and into the station |
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Train
to Somewhere by Eve Bunting ; illustrated by Ronald Himler.
In the late 1800s, Marianne travels westward on the Orphan Train
in hopes of being placed with a caring family. |
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Choo
Choo : the story of a little engine who ran away by Virginia
Lee Burton. The adventures of a beautiful little locomotive who
decided to run away from her humdrum duties. |
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Freight
Train by Donald Crews. Now toddlers can help spot the different
colored cars of Donald Crews's freight train in this sturdy board
book edition of the original Caldecott Honor Book. . |
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Dinosaur Train by John Steven Gurley. Jesse gets to ride on a dinosaur train. |
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I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson. The son of a sharecropper dreams of leaving Mississippi on a train with the legendary engineer Casey Jones. |
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Iron
Horses by Verla Kay ; illustrated by Michael McCurdy. Welcome
aboard! Travel back in time to join the workers of the Union Pacific
Railroad as they pounded west and those from the Central Pacific
Railroad as they charged east. |
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All Aboard! A True Train Story by Susan Kuklin. A journey through part of the Colorado Rockies aboard a steam locomotive of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroads. |
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Little Train by Lois Lenski. Engineer Small at the throttle takes the little train on its run from Tiny Town to the big city. |
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Chugga-chugga
Choo-choo by Kevin Lewis ; pictures by Daniel Kirk. A very
busy steam engine takes young readers on a daily adventure around
the mountain, high and steep, and through the valley, low and
deep. |
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All
Aboard ABC by Doug Magee and Robert Newman. An alphabet book
introducing the world of trains. |
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Trouble
on the Tracks by Kathy Mallat. There's Trouble with a capital
"T" lurking among the familiar faces as a train makes
its way through the villages along its route.
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I'm
Taking a Trip on My Train by Shirley Neitzel ; pictures by
Nancy Winslow Parker. In cumulative verses using rebuses, a young
boy describes his experiences as engineer on the train in his
room. |
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Jingle the Brass by Patricia Newman. A boy learns the expressions used by railroad workers as he takes a train trip. |
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The
Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet. Tired of being last
on the smoky, noisy freight train, Katy Caboose wishes for some
way to escape from the endless track. |
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The
Little Engine That Could retold by Watty Piper ; illustrated
by Ruth Sanderson. Although he is not very big, the Little Blue
Engine agrees to try to pull a stranded train full of toys over
the mountain. |
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Trains
by Anne Rockwell. Simple text and illustrations introduce a variety
of trains and their uses. Includes freight trains, passenger trains,
monorails, and subways. |
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I Love Trains! by Philemon Sturges. A boy expresses his love of trains, describing many kinds of train cars and their special jobs. |
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Train
by Charles Temple ; illustrated by Larry Johnson. Everyone along
the way enjoys the sight and sound of the C & O train and
its passengers rolling down the rail. |
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The
Polar Express written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg.
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North
Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus. |
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Train
song by Harriet Ziefert ; paintings by Donald Saaf. A young
boy watches a freight train go by on its daily run. |
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Stop,
Train, Stop! : a Thomas the Tank Engine Story illustrated
by Owain Bell. When Thomas the Tank Engine decides to bypass his
usual stops and speed directly to the end of the line, havoc ensues.
Thomas is in such a hurry that the passengers can't get on or
off, and everything gets bounced up and down in a wonderful jumble! |
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Blue Train, Green Train "Based on the Railway Series by the Reverend W. Awdry." Blue train Thomas works all day and Green train Percy works all night. |
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Go, Train, Go "Based on the Railway Series by the Reverend W. Awdry." Thomas gives a ride to a judge who is in a big hurry to get to a train show. |
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Nate the Great on the Owl Express by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. While traveling on the train to San Francisco with his cousin Olivia's owl, Nate the Great and his dog Sludge must use all of their detective skills when the owl suddenly disappears. |
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Alphabet Train A-to-Z learning fun, with lots of really cool
trains! |
| Big Trains, Little Trains A fun look at trains of all sizes. |
| I Love Big Trains Live-action trains, steam and electric. |
| Thomas' Sodor Celebration! Hop on board for adventures of Thomas and Percy. |
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JE 625.1 Gibbons
Trains
by Gail Gibbons. Examines different kinds of trains, past and
present, describing their features and functions |
JE 625.1 Royston
Trains
by Angela Royston ; photography by Dave King ; illustrations by
Jane Cradock-Watson and Dave Hopkins. A simple introduction to
different types of freight and commuter trains. |
JE 625.1 Stille
Trains
by Darlene Stille. Presents information in simple text about different
types of trains and how they work.
See also Freight Trains by same author. |
J 385.22 Zimmerman
All Aboard! Passenger Trains Around the World by Karl R. Zimmerman. Discusses the history of passenger train travel and the current state of passenger rail. |
J 625.1 Maynard
High-Speed Trains by Christopher Maynard. Describes the world's high speed passenger trains, from steam engines of the 1930s, through modern supertrains powered by electricity, to magnetic levitation trains now being tested. |
J 625.261 Zimmerman
Steam Locomotives: Whistling, Chugging, Smoking Iron Horses of the Past by Karl R. Zimmerman. An introduction to the history and workings of steam locomotives. |
More
Train Resources |
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Billy
Jones Wildcat Railroad The BJWRR has been in operation at
Oak Meadow Park and Vasona Park in Los Gatos, California since
1970. In 2004 it attracted over 115,000 riders |
| Roaring
Camp Railroads See California's towering redwood forests from
two historic railroads on your next visit to the San Francisco
or Monterey Bay Areas. Travel by steam train up a narrow-gauge
track through the Big Trees to Bear Mountain or by beach train
down the scenic San Lorenzo River to the sunny beaches of Santa
Cruz |
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California
State Railroad Museum the California State Railroad Museum
(Old Sacramento) and Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (Jamestown).
Operated by California State Parks with assistance from the
California State Railroad Museum Foundation, both locations
offer unparalleled railroad heritage experiences for the entire
family |
| Golden
Gate Railroad Museum a non-profit organization dedicated to
the preservation of steam and passenger railroad equipment |
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| Association
of Railway Museums - Railways played a key role in the development
of communities across the United States and Canada. Railway museums
large and small across North America interpret this exciting and
decisive history. |
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Compiled by Mary Wirth
Santa Clara County Library
Children's Services
June, 2007
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