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All aboard for a fast-paced, Jazz Age–era murder mystery set aboard a Chicago-bound train! It’s 1923, and thirteen-year-old Bobby Lee Claremont is leaving the Sisters of Charitable Mercy orphanage in New Orleans, certain a better life awaits in Chicago’s glamorous-sounding mob scene. But his plans unravel when he boards his train and meets the recently widowed Nanette O’Halloran, her two traveling companions, and a cop who suspects the trio of murdering Nanette’s husband. Bobby Lee is sure Nanet...

Bluebonnet the armadillo visits the newly renovated train depot in Marshall, Texas, and learns a little about the history of the railroads.

Count along with Ten Little Train Engines and watch as they disappear! Ten little trains on the railroad line, one chugged away and then there were…nine!?Learning to count has never been more fun. This unique board book counts from ten little trains all the way down to one with adorable illustrations. With each page, one more train disappears. To demonstrate this concept, this book uses tactile train buttons to help children count how many little trains are left as the story progresses. Follow...

The New York Times bestselling team behind Steam Train, Dream Train returns with the sounds of a train headed off to dreamland! The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, bouncy kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls. Lightly abridged and revised from the original text, this playful board book includes a sound bar...

Five Thomas & Friends Little Golden Book movie retellings are collected in a beautiful slipcase: Thomas and the Great Discovery, Hero of the Rails, Misty Island Rescue, Day of the Diesels, and Blue Mountain Mystery. This nifty little library will please train-obsessed boys and girls ages 3–7.

Huff the engine and Puff the caboose can move a train together, but when they cannot move the train because they have too much stuff, they discover that friendship is all they need. "Huff pulls the train. Puff pushes the train. Together they can haul a lot. Big stuff, small stuff, they've got it all! But what happens when the best friends realize that they're stuck with too much stuff? Farmer Fluff has just the solution! Simple rhyme and easy-to-read verse will help beginning readers and train...

Set in the mountains outside of Denver, a shivery tale about a train that is saved from certain disaster by the ghosts of a previous wreck. "A lively picture book set in 1929. . . . More suspenseful than scary, this title should appeal to kids who enjoy stories about trains and ghosts." -- School Library Journal

Zebra is trying to paint but his hilarious animal friends are causing chaos! Lift the flaps to discover bouncing baboons, roller-skating rabbits and dirt-biking Dalmatians. Perfect for little ones who love things that GO!

All aboard for Dreamland! Hold on to your pillow, because the Goodnight Train is taking off. Roll that corner, rock that curve, and soar past mermaids, leaping sheep, and even icecream clouds. You won't want to miss a thing, so whatever you do, don't . . . close . . . your . . . eyes! With soothing, lyrical words and magical illustrations, June Sobel and Laura Huliska-Beith have created a nighttime fantasy that's guaranteed to make even the most resistant sleeper snuggle up tight. AGES: 4 to 7...

With two exciting "Thomas & Friends" stories and loads of full-color photographs, this deluxe storybook offers boys ages 3 to 7 hours of fun and adventure. In "Express Coming Through!," Thomas the Tank Engine is asked to pull a train that's way too heavy for him! What now? In "Go, Go, Thomas!," Thomas tries to appear in every photo of a book about Sodor's railroad, causing all sorts of trouble. Uh-oh!

A variety of textures, large coloured images and a search for my train aims to captivate the very young. Each spread combines an illustration and a texture with simple text to develop sensory and language awareness. A first book for babies and toddlers which encourages interactive play.