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Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 625.24 STI 2002
1 available

2) Steam locomotives: whistling, chugging, smoking iron horses of the past

Author

Zimmermann, Karl

Publisher

Boyds Mills Press

Pub. Date

c2004

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Downtown Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 625.261 ZIM 2004
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Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Children's Nonfiction
J 625.261 ZIM 2004
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Description

An introduction to the history and workings of steam locomotives.

3) Seymour Simon's book of trains

Author

Simon, Seymour

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Pub. Date

c2002

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Sparks Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 625.1 SIMON 2002
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Verdi Community Library and Nature Center - Children's Nonfiction
J 625.1 SIMON 2002
1 available

Description

Photographs and brief text present different kinds of trains and their cars: passenger trains, mountain trains, freight trains, diesel locomotives, gondolas, hopper cars, tank cars, and more.

4) The best book of trains

Author

Balkwill, Richard

Publisher

Kingfisher

Pub. Date

c1999

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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In Processing - Children's Nonfiction
J 625.1 BALKWI 1999
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South Valleys Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 625.1 BAL 1999
1 available

Description

Introduces all sorts of trains from around the world, covering different types of trains, how they are constructed and how they run, who drives them, and more.

5) Going by train

Author

Ashley, Susan

Series

Going places

Publisher

Weekly Reader Early Learning Library

Pub. Date

[2004]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

On Shelf

Northwest Reno Library - Children's Nonfiction
J 629.1 ASH 2004
1 available

Description

Readers learn about commuter trains, subways, elevated trains, high-speed trains, and other passenger trains, as well as freight trains and the many ways that trains can be powered.

6) All aboard!: a true train story

Author

Kuklin, Susan

Publisher

Orchard Books

Pub. Date

c2003

Language

English

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Description

A journey through part of the Colorado Rockies aboard a steam locomotive of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Includes historical and descriptive notes on the Durango & Silverton trains.