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The big book of trains.

Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2016Edition: Revised editionDescription: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 37 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 146545361X
  • 9781465453617
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Early steam locomotives -- American steam locomotives -- Fast steam locomotives -- Powerful steam locomotives -- Freight trains -- Long train journeys -- Channel Tunnel trains Le Shuttle -- Channel Tunnel trains Eurostar -- TGVs -- Bullet trains -- High-speed passenger trains -- Mountain trains -- Monorail -- Snow trains.
Summary: "The Big Books of Trains is a colorful compendium of amazing trains and locomotives that will entertain and inform children for hours. Learn all about powerful steam engines, hanging monorails, and superfast bullet trains. Featuring stunning illustrations of locomotives and fun facts, The Big Books of Trains is the ultimate first trains book,"--page [4] of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 385 B592 Mending 33111008568467
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 385 B592 Available Crayon scribbles on the inside of the back cover. 33111008492676
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the first locomotive built in 1804 to the high-speed bullet train, The Big Book of Trains is the perfect book for kids who love trains.

Packed with amazing facts and photographs of trains around the world, The Big Book of Trains covers the history of trains and train travel. Different types of trains are featured on their own spreads, and each page features multiple images to give a close-up view as well as informative text about each train. See the differences among monorails, passenger trains, and TGVs. Learn about pistons, fireboxes, boilers, and coupling rods, and find out exactly what they do to help the train travel down on the tracks.

See key features of each train model and discover the difference between steam trains and diesels. Find out how trains are designed for certain jobs and tasks, including mountain trains, snow trains, and freight trains. Look at the biggest and fastest trains in the world.

With incredible pictures and informative text, The Big Book of Trains is the essential book for young readers who want to know everything about trains.

Includes index.

"Discover the biggest, fastest, and longest engines"--Cover.

Early steam locomotives -- American steam locomotives -- Fast steam locomotives -- Powerful steam locomotives -- Freight trains -- Long train journeys -- Channel Tunnel trains Le Shuttle -- Channel Tunnel trains Eurostar -- TGVs -- Bullet trains -- High-speed passenger trains -- Mountain trains -- Monorail -- Snow trains.

"The Big Books of Trains is a colorful compendium of amazing trains and locomotives that will entertain and inform children for hours. Learn all about powerful steam engines, hanging monorails, and superfast bullet trains. Featuring stunning illustrations of locomotives and fun facts, The Big Books of Trains is the ultimate first trains book,"--page [4] of cover.

Ages 5-9.

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