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85th out of 91 books
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30 voters
Iron Horses
by
Verla Kay
Welcome aboard! Travel back in time to join the workers of the Union Pacific Railroad as they pounded west and those from the Central Pacific Railroad as they charged east. They were racing to meet in Utah, and it was high drama all the way. Workers had to burst through rocky outcrops while hanging in baskets and sleep in tents on top of railroad cars or in barracks buried...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
June 21st 1999
by Putnam Juvenile
(first published February 15th 1999)
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Most of the nonfiction picture books I have found about the transcontinental railroad have far too many words for preschoolers. Although my son is very obsessed with trains and can sit through some of those long books sometimes, I was excited to find this book. The simple rhyming text make it a quick, easy read, and yet the illustrations and allusions in the text allow room for more exploration if you want to discuss some of the history of the transcontinental railroad in more depth.
A very good picture book. I appreciate the history the author included in a picture book. A picture book! It includes Lincoln and congress and the different nationalities that worked on the railroad and construction hardships and weather and...
It was wonderful. The illustrations were gorgeous and my train-obsessed four-year-old loved it as much as I did.
It was wonderful. The illustrations were gorgeous and my train-obsessed four-year-old loved it as much as I did.
Love it! Great illustrations, great vocab inclusion and content for railroad development. Includes Promotory Point. Would be excellent for read aloud-good pics, short to read, and full of fun tongue-twisting, descriptive poetry.
Jan 30, 2009
Colin E.c.
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i love trains and um i have lots of train books at home.
Rich language, short verses. This is the perfect story for upper preschoolers and lower elementary school students who have outgrown simple train stories and are ready for something meatier. Scratch art is the perfect medium for this story--the illustrations are just as evocative as the text. A perfect book for discussing history with young children. (Not owned by RPB; put on hold.)
May 07, 2013
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