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Trains: A Pop-up railroad book
Robert Crowther
Pop-up Book
Ages 6 and up
Candlewick, 2006, 076363082-9
  For many of us trains are wonderful machines which carry with them an air of adventure and excitement. Not only can they take us to far off places but they also have a wonderful history and there are hundreds of stories, films, and songs about trains. In this pop-up book readers will begin by learning about the different kinds of trains that there are and their history. They will read about how the first steam locomotive was built in 1804 and how a German engineer built the first diesel locomotive.
  In the next section the author tells us about passenger cars. Just like the engines that pull them, the passenger cars have also changed a great deal over the years and today some passenger cars are outfitted to create a modern and highly comfortable travel space.
  Next readers will read about “Record-Breaking Trains” from around the world and “Railroad Challenges” which engineers have had to overcome. Today trains can go over and under water as well as through mountains, up steep hillsides and along a single rail system
  Finally the author tells us about train stations, a large double page pop-up creation giving us a three dimensional look at a typical train station.
  Indeed there are pop-ups on all the pages as well as flaps to lift and tabs to pull. Readers can make the trains move along their tracks and often when they lift a flap or pull a tab, not only is a new picture revealed but more text is brought to light describing what is shown in the illustration and providing the reader with more interesting information.
  Wonderful illustrations, creative pop-ups, and an engaging and carefully researched text makes this a perfect book for the young – and the not so young - train fan in your life.
 

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