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Series: Continuity & Change The Lure of North American Railroads 1st edition Hardcover Scott Lothes 9781734563511 $84.95 TRANSPORTATION Sep 01, 2022

Railroads and photography came of age together in the nineteenth century and share a dynamic relationship in the twenty-first. That relationship flows from the traditions of both commercial photography and photojournalism, and it is defined today by the paradox of continuity and change.This landmark publication explores that paradox—and the contemporary nature of the North American railroad—in more than 230 photographs and thirteen essays. They delve into a wide range of topics: railroads and nature, pathways of commerce, passenger railroading,... + Read More
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Series: Busy Trains Wooden Twist Puzzle Other merchandise PetitCollage 5055923789940 $26.00 GAMES & ACTIVITIES Age (years) from 2 - 4 Feb 02, 2021

A classic puzzlewith a twist! This Busy Train wooden puzzle features 7 chunky gear-shaped pieces. Turn one puzzle piece and the interlocking gears will set the whole puzzle in motion. Play + develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, problem solving, color recognition. Ages 18 months+
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Series: Piece It Together Piece It Together Family Puzzle: Owl Aboard! Game Petra Hollander 9781452174655 $22.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 3 - 99 Nov 10, 2020

Piece It Together Family Puzzle: Owl Aboard! is a 60-piece puzzle the entire family can enjoy.Larger, simpler pieces make up half of each charming scene, while smaller pieces make up the other half.The blend of puzzle shapes makes this perfect for younger puzzlers honing their skills, while giving older siblings and family members more of a challenge.Part of the Piece It Together Family Puzzle seriesFeatures playful scenarios and eye-catching artEach innovative puzzle in the series offers a fun-filled way for families to play togetherPiece It T... + Read More
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Series: Puzzle & Play Puzzle and Play: Alphabet Train A Press-out Puzzle Book! Board book Roger Priddy 9781684490943 $13.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 1 - 3 Mar 03, 2020

Help your young child learn the alphabet, identify animals and develop their fine motor and problem-solving skills with Puzzle and Play: Alphabet Train.With bright artwork that features children's favorite animals, and chunky puzzle pieces that are ideal for little hands, Roger Priddy's Puzzle and Play: Alphabet Train is the perfect addition to your young child's first library. The unique jigsaw design makes learning extra fun for little learners.
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Series: Ultimate Spotlight Ultimate Spotlight: Trains Hardcover Sophie Prenat 9791036313585 $24.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Feb 04, 2020

Interactive and engaging, Ultimate Spotlight: Trains shows young children how their favorite vehicles work! Discover the wonderful world of trains: Pull a tab to open train doors, life flaps to see inside a train car, or turn a wheel to see different types of trains. Chock-full of age appropriate information, this book is an exciting introduction for young train and transportation enthusiasts. • Comprehensive pages feature marvelously detailed illustrations that just to be pored over again and again• Interactive and moveable parts on each pag... + Read More
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Series: Seedlings Freight Trains Paperback Quinn M. Arnold 9781628328028 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Jan 21, 2020

Hello, freight trains and trams. Hello, monorails and passenger trains. Hello, ... fun! The popular Seedlings series now offers irresistible introductions to six types of trains. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these newest books touch upon the parts and roles of trains in communities. Each book closes with a labeled-image guide for further review. As introductions to informational text, these titles will plant the seeds of knowledge! A kindergarten-level introduct... + Read More
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Series: Seedlings Passenger Trains Paperback Quinn M. Arnold 9781628328059 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Jan 21, 2020

Hello, freight trains and trams. Hello, monorails and passenger trains. Hello, ... fun! The popular Seedlings series now offers irresistible introductions to six types of trains. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these newest books touch upon the parts and roles of trains in communities. Each book closes with a labeled-image guide for further review. As introductions to informational text, these titles will plant the seeds of knowledge! A kindergarten-level introduct... + Read More
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Series: Seedlings Subway Trains Paperback Quinn M. Arnold 9781628328066 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Jan 21, 2020

Hello, freight trains and trams. Hello, monorails and passenger trains. Hello, ... fun! The popular Seedlings series now offers irresistible introductions to six types of trains. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these newest books touch upon the parts and roles of trains in communities. Each book closes with a labeled-image guide for further review. As introductions to informational text, these titles will plant the seeds of knowledge! A kindergarten-level introduct... + Read More
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Series: Seedlings Trams Paperback Quinn M. Arnold 9781628328073 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Jan 21, 2020

Hello, freight trains and trams. Hello, monorails and passenger trains. Hello, ... fun! The popular Seedlings series now offers irresistible introductions to six types of trains. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these newest books touch upon the parts and roles of trains in communities. Each book closes with a labeled-image guide for further review. As introductions to informational text, these titles will plant the seeds of knowledge! A kindergarten-level introduct... + Read More
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Series: Seedlings Monorails Paperback Quinn M. Arnold 9781628328042 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Jan 21, 2020

Hello, freight trains and trams. Hello, monorails and passenger trains. Hello, ... fun! The popular Seedlings series now offers irresistible introductions to six types of trains. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these newest books touch upon the parts and roles of trains in communities. Each book closes with a labeled-image guide for further review. As introductions to informational text, these titles will plant the seeds of knowledge! A kindergarten-level introduct... + Read More
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Series: Machines in Motion The Amazing History of Transportation Hardcover Tom Jackson 9781547603374 $26.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Jan 14, 2020

Every day, all over the world, people travel: short trips or great, long voyages, moving slowly and steadily or racing along at super-fast speeds. They make their trips in cars, trains, planes, ships and on bikes-and some people have even blasted off in rockets! But how did these vehicles become what we know now?With intricately illustrated timelines, this book takes readers on a journey through the developmental history of various modes of transportation – from chariots to electric cars, dugout canoes to ocean liners, cable cars to bullet trai... + Read More
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Series: Snakes on a Train Board book Kathryn Dennis 9781250245847 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Jan 07, 2020

An adorable board book full of sibilant sounds and other word play, Kathryn Dennis' Snakes on a Train is as fun for parents as it is for children, and sure to be a read-aloud hit.The conductor takes the tickets as the snakes start crawling on. The tracks are checked, the whistle blows. It's time to move along. Hissssssssssss goes the sound of the train.
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Series: How Things Work Lonely Planet Kids How Trains Work 1 1st Ed. Hardcover Clive Gifford 9781788683289 $26.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 8 Oct 15, 2019

All aboard! From the fastest to the longest, the oldest to the newest, through tunnels, across bridges and up mountainsides, take a fascinating ride through the world of trains in this brilliant new book from illustrator James Gulliver Hancock.In this follow-up to How Cities Work and How Airports Work, young readers travel through history and around the world to find out everything they ever wanted to know about trains. Unfold pages and lift flaps to reveal bustling stations, old steam locomotives fueled with coal, and high-speed trains zooming... + Read More
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Series: Harry Livingstone's Forgotten Men Canadians and the Chinese Labour Corps in the First World War Paperback Dan Black 9781459414327 $27.95 HISTORY Oct 01, 2019

HARRY LIVINGSTONE was a small town doctor from Listowel, Ontario when he felt the pull of patriotism that led him to volunteer in the First World War. In 1917, Livingstone found himself embarking on a strange journey that took him to China, where he would inspect,and ultimately travel back to Canada with, men who became known as the Chinese Labour Corps. Once in Canada, the Chinese under Livingstone's care travelled across Canada in secret trains bound for Halifax. All news about the trains and the men was censored. On board crowded ships, the ... + Read More
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Series: Spot Mighty Machines Trains Paperback Wendy Strobel Dieker 9781681524351 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Aug 20, 2019

Honk, honk! Introducing six new titles in our popular Mighty Machines series! Kindergarteners will learn cool features and vocabulary about some mighty machines in this search-and-find series. This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about trains and how they transport people and oil.
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Series: Shire Library Toy Trains 1935-1975 Paperback Bob Leggett 9781784423087 $19.00 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Jun 18, 2019

The 00 gauge train set was the ultimate "boy's toy" of the 1950s and '60s .Electric 00 gauge trains were introduced by Trix and Hornby Dublo in the mid-1930s, but the Second World War quickly halted production. However, they burst back onto the post-war scene with great success, and 00 quickly became the dominant scale in Britain, and was taken up by other large manufacturers including Tri-ang. Whilst the components of the sets themselves were often basic, they could be transformed intoastonishing landscapes in the hands of imaginative builders... + Read More
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Series: Best Book of My Best Book of Trains Paperback Richard Balkwill 9780753474983 $10.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Jun 11, 2019

Climb aboard for a journey into the fascinating world of trains! Learn all about trains from the first railroads to today's incredibly high-speed trains, from steam engines through electric trains and into what the future might have in store. Taking you across continents, through tunnels, and over bridges, this is the perfect introduction for train-mad children.
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Series: Color Train Board book David W. Miles 9781641701068 $18.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Mar 01, 2019

All aboard the Color Train! Join Mary Cassatt, Leonardo Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and the rest of the world's most famous artists on a colorful train ride that teaches both essential colors and iconic works of art. This adorable two-in-one board book unfolds into a 56" train (perfect for playtime or room decor!) A handy velcro clasp keeps everything snuggly shut when reading time is over.Â Featuring these classic works:Curtain, Jug and Fruit by Paul CÃ©zanneThe Ninth Wave by Ivan AivazovskyThe Scream by Edvard MunchNa... + Read More
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Series: Snakes on a Train Hardcover Kathryn Dennis 9781250304407 $23.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Jan 08, 2019

An adorable picture book full of sibilant sounds and other word play,Snakes on a Train is as fun for parents as it is for kids, and sure to be a read-aloud hit.The conductor takes the ticketsas the snakes start crawling on.The tracks are checked,the whistle blows. It's time to move along.Hissssssssssss goes the sound of the train.
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Series: Lonely Planet Lonely Planet Amazing Train Journeys 1 1st Ed. Hardcover Lonely Planet 9781787014305 $36.00 TRAVEL Oct 16, 2018

Experience 60 of the world’s greatest and most unforgettable train journeys, from classic long-distance trips like Western Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer and Darwin to Adelaide’s The Ghan, to little-known gems on regular commuting lines.We’ve always had a soft spot for trains. We know the moment a train pulls out of a station bound for somewhere fantastic is when the adventure truly starts. Amazing Train Journeys is the culmination of asking more than 200 travel writers for their absolute favourites.Some are epic international adventures, others sh... + Read More
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Series: Railroader The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison Hardcover Howard Green 9781989025048 $32.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 18, 2018

Hunter Harrison, the revolutionary railroader from Memphis, dramatically turned four publicly traded companies into cash machines. Starting as a laborer when he was a wayward teenager, Harrison spent a half century in the rail business and nearly two decades running Illinois Central, Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, and CSX. Never accepting the status quo, Harrison not only renovated established railroads, he forced an industry to shape up. As the pre-eminent proponent of Precision Scheduled Railroading, Harrison created approximately $50 ... + Read More
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Series: Shire Library Broad Gauge Railways Paperback Tim Bryan 9781784422776 $19.00 TRANSPORTATION May 22, 2018

Isambard Kingdom Brunel considered the Great Western Railway the "finest work in England" and he contributed many groundbreaking features, none so unorthodox as the decision not to adopt the "standard" track gauge of 4ft 8Â½in and instead introduce the new 'broad gauge' of 7ft Â¼in. Describing the rationale behind the choice of broad gauge, and also the unique track and locomotives used, this beautifully illustrated introduction to broad gauge railways chronicles the building of the original GWR between Bristol and London, and the expansion of ... + Read More
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Series: Shire Library LNER The London and North Eastern Railway Paperback Paul Atterbury 9781784422721 $19.00 TRANSPORTATION May 22, 2018

The London and North Eastern Railway, or LNER as it was familiarly known, was one of the Big Four companies that took control of Britain's railway network following the "Grouping" in 1923. This network represented a challenging mixture of mainline and rural passenger routes, suburban services, and freight and industrial lines across the east coast of England and Scotland. Despite this challenge, the LNER became famous for its style, speed, and efficiency, with record-breaking high-speed routes capturing the public's imagination, supported by ic... + Read More
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Series: Mother Goose Club: Hello, Hello, Alphabet Train Board book Media Lab Books 9781942556992 $10.50 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 May 15, 2018

"A train, apple train. B train, banana train. C train, cookie train. Choo choo choo!"Mother Goose Club’s hit educational preschool video “Alphabet Train Food Train” comes to life in this wonderful board book for toddlers! This children’s book will help your little one learn the alphabet and teach them SUPERB words to assist in their early-language development.Parents can’t stop talking about how much they love this classic board book! Filled with bright pages and colorful images, your baby will be wanting to read this book all day long! Come jo... + Read More
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Series: Travel Guide Lonely Planet Trans-Siberian Railway 6 6th Ed. 6th Edition Paperback Simon Richmond 9781786574596 $35.99 TRAVEL Apr 17, 2018

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisherLonely PlanetTrans-Siberian Railway is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze through the window at the unfurling landscape as you pass, glimpse Lake Baikal, Russia’s sacred sea, or gawk at Moscow’s Kremlin at one end of your journey and Beijing’s Forbidden City at the other end -all with your trusted travel companion. Begin your journey now!Inside Lonely PlanetTrans-Siberian Railway Travel Guide:Colour ma... + Read More
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Series: Amicus Ink Board Books Trains Chug Board book Rebecca Glaser 9781681522425 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 2 - 4 Mar 13, 2018

Zoom! Chug, chug! HONK! Babies and toddlers will delight in repeating the sounds of popular vehicles and animals in our board book series. Well-composed photographs highlight the real things little ones see in their world, providing a beautiful first nonfiction experience.
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Series: Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site Steam Train, Dream Train (Books for Young Children, Family Read Aloud Books, Children's Train Books, Bedtime Stories) Board book Sherri Duskey Rinker 9781452152172 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 4 Feb 08, 2018

"Each train car of softly colored animals has much to look at and point to, even as eyelids grow heavy." —Working MotherAn unabridged board book version of the bestselling hardcover, perfect for small hands: 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, and kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls (while zebras referee) before settling in for a good night's sleep. Features... + Read More
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Series: Amazing Machines Terrific Trains Board book Tony Mitton 9780753473726 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Oct 03, 2017

Terrific Trains follows the animal crew as they travel the railroads. Climb on board and whiz down the track to discover different types of trains and how rail travel works. Every page of this chunky board book is full of details machine-mad toddlers love: diesel, steam, and electric engines, the signals, and so much more!From airplanes to fire engines, the internationally bestselling Amazing Machines series is the perfect way for children to learn about all sorts of vehicles! Each book introduces a new vehicle and the jobs it can do. Bright, ... + Read More
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Series: New Vanguard Railway Guns of World War I Paperback Marc Romanych 9781472816399 $25.00 HISTORY Aug 22, 2017

World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. More railway artillery pieces were used during this war than in any other conflict, even though at the start of the war none of the armies had railway guns and the very idea of railway artillery was comparatively new. The impetus to build and field railway-mounted guns came from the stalemate of trench warfare. The first railway guns--fielded by the French army in early 1915--were simple, improvised designs made by mounting surplus coastal defense, fortress, and naval guns onto existing comme... + Read More
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Series: The Railway Experience Hardcover Paul Atterbury 9781784421236 $20.50 TRANSPORTATION Feb 21, 2017

Britain is a country in love with its railway past. Nowhere else do the workhorses of the age of steam exert such a pull; in no other country is the nostalgia for the days when the railways extended to every corner of the kingdom so strong. However, the history of station buildings and signal boxes, steam and diesel engines, goods and postal services, main lines and branch lines is only part of the story told here. As a cherished part of Britain's heritage, it is the impact of the railways on a human level that has truly captured our imaginatio... + Read More
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Series: Digger Man Train Man Board book Andrea Zimmerman 9781627795043 $14.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Jan 31, 2017

Now in board book! A young boy pretends to drive a train and takes his little brother along for an adventure in the mountains.There are bridges to cross, tunnels to travel through, and mountains to climb so kids can hop on board before the whistle blows.Told in simple words from a little boy's point of view, this spot-on board book celebrates a child's world of adventure and love of transportation vehicles.A Christy Ottaviano Book
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Series: It's all about. . . It's all about. . . Speedy Trains Paperback Editors of Kingfisher 9780753472873 $6.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Sep 27, 2016

Speedy Trains tells you everything you want to know about trains, from building the first railways to steam engines and trains that hover above the rails. Learn about trains that go underground, across water, through rock, and more.Speedy Trains is part of a great new collectible series called It's all about... It is packed with facts and stats, and there are eight amazing collector cards to tear out and keep. You can access a free downloadable audio of Speedy Trains by logging onto the special URL address on page 3.Speedy Trains ... + Read More
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Series: R Is for Railway An Industrial Revolution Alphabet Board book Greg Paprocki 9781423644231 $14.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Jul 20, 2016

From the creators of BabyLit®, open a window on history while teaching toddlers the ABCs. Teach brilliant babies about history and their ABCs with Greg Paprocki’s R Is for Railway: An Industrial Revolution Alphabet. Twenty-six Industrial Revolution concepts paired with Greg Paprocki’s adorable illustrations: From “F is for factory” to “P is for printing,” teach your little one about the inventions and changes broughtabout in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Babies will love this board book’s engaging art, and parents will en... + Read More
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Series: This Train Board book Paul Collicutt 9780374377199 $8.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Jun 21, 2016

A concept book for the youngest of train lovers.All aboard! This is one train book you don't want to miss. Using a refreshingly simple approach, Paul Collicutt has crafted the perfect book for young railroad enthusiasts. Each page features a vividly colored and detailed painting of a train, and the spreads show how they are different -- long and short, fast and slow, old and new. As a bonus, full-color endpapers feature captioned renderings of real-life engine models from all over the world that were the inspirations for the trains depicted thr... + Read More