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Sarah and James play in an abandoned northern English railroad cottage, imagining old steam trains rumbling by, and in the hissing rain of a sudden thunderstorm, a train comes--but is it real, or is it a phantom from the past?
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Kindergarten-Grade 3-Lovely endpapers showing the English countryside open this pleasant story. An old railway line runs through the farm where Sara and James live. Although the tracks are gone, a worker's hut is still standing, and the children want to make it into a place where they can play. Their parents agree to help fix it up and the family spends a happy afternoon doing repairs. While they sit in the "cottage" and listen to Dad talk about the steam trains of his childhood, a thunderstorm brews. When the children rush outside, they see a locomotive roaring down a track and wave to the driver. They all head home through the storm and when Sara looks back, the track is gone once again. This is a quiet, realistic family story whose fantasy element is handled in a believable way. Lewis's colored-pencil artwork is wonderful. As in The Shepherd Boy (Four Winds, 1990) and Floss (Candlewick, 1992), she uses naturalistic pictures to complement the text, providing readers with an accurate and inviting picture of a rural world. An appealing book on the power of trains to ignite youngsters' imagination and dreams.
Jane Gardner Connor, South Carolina State Library, Columbia
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Jane Gardner Connor, South Carolina State Library, Columbia
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
An abandoned hut stands on the old railroad line; one hot, dusty summer day, Sara and James get off their bicycles to explore. They try to make a camp, but the decay is too great. Later, they return with their parents, who help them restore order to the little hut and regale them with stories of the trains in days gone by. When a thunderstorm suddenly pours down, Sara and James are convinced they see the last railroad train puffing along the tracks in the rain. A sweet, lyrical tale enhanced by lovely, soft-focused illustrations. (Picture book. 3+) -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherCandlewick
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 1564023435
- ISBN 13 9781564023438
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorLewis Kim
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