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81) Trains
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Illustrations and simple text describe different kinds of trains and the work they do.
82) Snowpiercer
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The film is set in the future (AD 2031) where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an ice age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. Its inhabitants are divided by class; the lower-class passengers in one of the last cars stage an uprising, moving car by car up to the front of the train, where the oppressive...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a train mysteriously appears at the long-abandoned Murky Creek station and a young man says he lost his ticket to go meet his love, Phantom Finders Abby and Theo review museum records to help him, especially because the voyage he's talking about happened almost a century ago!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their Aunt Shallot, aka Magique, Queen of Magic, goes missing on the Uncanny Express, Jaundice, Kale, and the famous detective Hugo Frommage seek to solve the mystery and rescue the magician.
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English
Description
"Two Western stories--In 'Wolf brand' rancher Vike Gunnison is targeted when he sides with the farmers against the railroad's attempt to cheat them out of their land. In 'Doom Patrol' rancher Buck Comstock is wrongfully convicted of murder, but escapes and leads the fight against the men who are trying to take over Twin Buttes"--
Author
Series
Holland family saga volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The American West in the early 1960s appears to be a pastoral paradise: golden wheat fields, mist-filled canyons, frolicking animals. Aspiring novelist Aaron Holland Broussard has observed it from the open door of a boxcar, riding the rails for both inspiration and odd jobs. Jumping off in Denver, he finds work on a farm and meets Joanne McDuffy, an articulate and fierce college student and gifted painter. The latest installment in James Lee Burke's...
87) Trains on the go
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
400L
Language
English
Description
Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about how trains work and what they do. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a toy train falls off a train table, he gets lost in the outside world, but after meeting many different trains who help him along the way, he is finally able to return home"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.
90) Monster trains
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces extreme trains to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
91) The Silver Arrow
Author
Series
Silver Arrow volume 1
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Unabridged.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Kate's humdrum life is transformed when her eccentric Uncle Herbert brings her a colossal locomotive train, the Silver Arrow, as her eleventh birthday gift, leading her and her younger brother on a mysterious quest.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Thomas and his friends are in holly, jolly Christmas spirits, ready to be Santa's engine helpers. Percy brings holiday fun to Reg at the scrap yard, while Duncan tries to overcome his bah humbug attitude. Thomas clears the snowy tracks so Connor can race passengers home in time for the holiday. James causes confusion and delay helping Duck get unstuck, as an old friend returns to Sodor bringing Percy the perfect gift.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When the toy clown invites the Little Engine to solve riddles as part of an Easter egg hunt, the Little Engine is worried until her friends pitch in and she finds her self-confidence.
94) Trains
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Learn fascinating facts about some of the world's most powerful machines in Mega Machines"--
95) Trains
Author
Publisher
A+, Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Introduction to the technology of trains featuring low-level text and large scale cutaway illustrations"--
96) Station Zero
Author
Series
Railhead volume 3
Publisher
Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
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.
98) Trains
Author
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From passenger trains to subways, get young readers in preK-2 on the right track to understanding the different types of trains they see in their community and in their world. Cover the basics of how trains work, along with a brief history. Bold photographs and energetic text are perfect for read-alouds or introductions to transportation units. A short photo timeline in the back will reinforce how technology has changed over time"--
Publisher
Entertainment One Film US
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Cullen Bohannon, a former soldier and slaveholder, follows the track of Union soldiers, who killed his wife. This brings him to the middle of one of the biggest projects in US history, the building of the railroad. After the war years in the 1860s, this connected the east with the still wild west.
100) Henry in the dark
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
What's that glowing creature puffing along the tracks at night? Is it really a ghost engine?
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