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40 pp.
| Houghton |
May, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-544-38074-5$16.99
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Illustrated by
Deirdre Gill.
"Puffing, chuffing, never yawning, / Climbing hills as day is dawning. / Trains don't sleep-- / They CLANG and HOOT, / Reaching stations on their route." Cadenced rhyming text follows passenger, freight, and circus trains on their respective journeys throughout a day and the night. Gill's oil illustrations give the whole book a quiet nostalgic feel that matches the text's (and trains') pace. Glos.