TRAIN BOOKS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

• Barton, Byron. Trains. Italy: Harper Collins, 1986.
• Burningham, John. Oi! Get Off Our Train. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd.,1989. (Has an environmental slant.)
• Crews, Donald. Freight Train. New York: Greenwillow Books, William Morrow Company Inc., 1978. (simple, colourful illustrations)
• Gibbons, Gail. Trains. New York: Holiday House, 1987.
• Langley, Andrew. Let's Look at Trains. England: Howe, Wayland, 1989.
• Lyon, George Ella. A Regular Rolling Noah. New York: Bradbury Press,1986. (cartoon, water colour illustrations)
• Magee, Doug, and Robert Newman. All Aboard ABC. New York: Puffin Unicorn, 1990. (excellent photographs)
• McHenry, Ellen Johnston. Inside a Freight Train. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1993. (a lift-the-flap book)
• Rosenberg, Liz. Adelaide and the Night Train. New York: Harper Row, 1989.
• Royston, Angela. Trains (Eye Opener). Douglas McIntyre, 1992.
• Sattlet, Helen Roney. Train Whistles. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1985. (emphasis on sound words)
• Siebert, Diane. Train Song. USA: Harper Collins, 1981. (excellent illustrations and language)

FOR MORE DETAILS

• Scarry, Huck. Aboard a Steam Locomotive: A Sketchbook. New York: Prentice Hall Books for Young Readers, 1987.

RESOURCES

• Canadian National Railway Museum, Desson, Quebec
• Jefferis, David. Trains: the History of Railroads. New York: Franklin Watts, 1991.
• Scarry, Huck, Aboard a Steam Locomotive: A Sketchbook. New York: Prentice Hall, Books for Young Readers, 1987.
• World Book Student Dictionary, Chicago: World Book Inc., 1989.