We have picked our favorite picture books about trains. These titles can all be found in the Easy section of the library, unless otherwise noted. |
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The Cake Chase
by Christy Webster
Thomas the Tank Engine's newest adventure takes him and Diesel to the Sodor Cake Festival. When Thomas and Diesel race each other to see who gets there first, their cakes are ruined. Will Thomas find a way to save the cake contest?
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The Clock
by Pam Fong
A picture book about the evolution of a clock in a train station and the importance of second chances. Please note, this title can be found in the Easy Nonfiction section of the library.
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The Sleeper Train
by Mick Jackson
Just as it's starting to get dark, a child and her family board the sleeper train, where they'll travel through the night and reach their destination in the morning. But as the train rocks from side to side, rolling through the vast Indian countryside, the child can't sleep. It's all too thrilling!
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Look Inside a Train: How It Works
by Percy Leed
All aboard! From transporting cargo to helping people travel, trains play an important role in everyday life. Readers take a look inside trains to discover their parts and the science behind how they work. Please note, this title can be found in the Easy Nonfiction section of the library.
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Faith Takes the Train
by Kesi Augustine
Faith takes the train with her mother most days, and today she's eating one of Grandma's delicious sandwiches. Isaiah, who usually sings a song on their ride home, instead asks a question that quiets a busy train into awkward silence. "Can anyone please spare some change? A bite to eat?" When Faith sees his face, her heart goes thump-thump-thump. Will she have the courage to answer?
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All Aboard the Alaska Train
by Brooke Hartman
Five shiny train cars roll down the railroad track, picking up passengers along the way--a porcupine, grizzly bear, caribou, and more. Soon the cars are packed, but now the train must go up a tall mountain. Will the Alaska Train reach its destination?
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The Christmas Tree Who Loved Trains
by Annie Silvestro
Disappointed when she is chosen to be a Christmas tree and uprooted from her place beside the tracks where she loves watching the trains go by, a pine tree is enchanted by a little boy who sets up his toy train around her base before replanting her back home after the holiday.
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Follow the Track, All the Way Back
by Timothy Knapman
Whizzing down the track all by himself for the first time, Little Train rattles across a bridge, over a mountain, and along a river before realizing that he has become lost and remembers his parents' advice about how to find his way home.
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Trains
by Amy McDonald
Developed by literacy experts in partnership with educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to trains through simple, predictable text and related photos. Please note, this title can be found in the Easy Nonfiction section of the library.
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Huff and Puff and the New Train
by Tish Rabe
Combines skill-building vocabulary and rhythmic cadences in the story of a little train engine and caboose whose slow and steady methods are put to the test when a new train challenges them to a race. Please note, this title can be found in the Early Reader section of the library.
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Night Train, Night Train
by Robert Burleigh
Young readers are transported back in time to the 1940s where they can ride aboard a passenger train during its nighttime journey from country to city.
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Big Choo
by Stephen Shaskan
Wanting to be a big puffing, chugging train just like his dad, Little Choo rides the rails with determination and a "try it again" attitude that helps him tap the power of his bravery, speed, strength, and smarts so that he can qualify for travel on the main line.
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Steam Train, Dream Train
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
The team behind the #1 New York Times best-selling Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site brings to young train enthusiasts a bedtime story filled with rhyming text that tells the tale of the dream train as it pulls into the station, where all the different cars are loaded by delightful animal workers, each with its own whimsical cargo.
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Let's Build a Little Train
by Julia Marie Richardson
From the boiler to the coupling, build a steam train along with an engineer and her workers.
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I Can Make a Train Noise
by Michael Emberley
Using her imagination, a young girl transforms a coffee shop into a zooming train, in this rhythmic read-aloud story that mimics train sounds.
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Three Little Engines
by Bob McKinnon
A sumptuously illustrated, modern retelling of the classic The Little Engine That Could conveys timely, uplifting messages about how everyone's journey is different and that sometimes success can be better achieved with a helping hand.
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Peppa Pig and the Great Race
by Mark Baker
When their car breaks down on the way to Daddy Pig's big surprise at the fairgrounds, the family uses all manner of vehicles to reach their destination.
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All Aboard the Moonlight Train
by Kristyn Crow
Lavish dreamscape illustrations and evocative rhymes invite children on a ride aboard the Moonlight Train, where an elephant engineer and other animal friends tuck readers into their sleeping cars on a journey through a magical forest. By the author of the Zombelina series.
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