Nearly a hundred years after its original publication, The Railway Children is still one of E. Nesbit's most beloved and delightful stories. Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were very happy living in a comfortable house surrounded by a cook and servants and two loving parents, until one evening when there was a knock at the door and their father was mysteriously taken away by two men. Suddenly alone, their mother moves the family to a small cottage in the countryside. There, the children begin a series of exciting adventures, from saving a train filled with passengers from a landslide, to rescuing a baby from a fire, to aiding a penniless Russian exile, to eventually unraveling the mystery of their father's disappearance. Featuring a new jacket illustration by Caldecott medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, as well as all nineteen of the original black-and-white line drawings by C. E. Brock, this classic story is perfect for home and classroom libraries.
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I loved this book it is great. Acualy my mom told me to read this book so i thought why not. So that day I started reading it and I just fell in love with it. It is one of the best books in the world, and I think that every one should read it some time in there live.
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The wonderful child characters come alive in this story -- Bobbie, Peter, and Phil are believable, even if the situations they find themselves in are sensational. Their behavior is childlike and admirably brave. We really like this book.This is just right for read-alouds.
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THEY WERE not railway children to begin with. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
railway children, three chimneys, station master, old gentleman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Emma, Green Dragon, Reginald Horace New!
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THEY WERE not railway children to begin with. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
railway children, three chimneys, station master, old gentleman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Emma, Green Dragon, Reginald Horace New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Five Children and It (Large Print) by E Nesbit in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Five Children and It (Puffin Classics) by E. Nesbit in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Complete and Unabridged (Puffin Classics) by E. Nesbit in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Alice To the Lighthouse: Children's Books and Radical Experiments in Art by Juliet Dusinberre on 4 pages
- Exploring Children's Literature: Teaching the Language and Reading of Fiction (Paul Chapman Publishing Title) by Nikki Gamble on page 43, page 57, and Back Matter
- Volumetric Three-Dimensional Display Systems by Barry G. Blundell in Front Matter, and page 285
- Inside Stories: Study Guides for Children's Literature (Book 1) by Janice Montgomery on page 31, and page 40
- The Wind in the Willows (Oxford World's Classics) by Kenneth Grahame in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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