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Nearly a hundred years after its original publication, <i>The Railway Children</i> is still one of E. Nesbit's most beloved and delightful stories. Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were very happy living in a comfortable house surrounded by a cook and servants and two loving parents, until one evening when there was a knock at the door and their father was mysteriously taken away by two men. Suddenly alone, their mother moves the family to a small cottage in the countryside. There, the children begin a series of exciting adventures, from saving a train filled with passengers from a landslide, to rescuing a baby from a fire, to aiding a penniless Russian exile, to eventually unraveling the mystery of their father's disappearance. Featuring a new jacket illustration by Caldecott medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, as well as all nineteen of the original black-and-white line drawings by C. E. Brock, this classic story is perfect for home and classroom libraries.
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The Railway Children, Charles Edmund Brock, Paul O. Zelinsky, E. Nesbit, Peter Glassman
- Language
- Released
- 2005
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- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Damaged
- Price
- €6.99
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- Title
- The Railway Children
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 1587172801
- ISBN13
- 9781587172809
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, Family, Classics, Children's Books, 20th century, Children's Non-Fiction, British Literature, 19th century, Juvenile Fiction
- Description
- Nearly a hundred years after its original publication, <i>The Railway Children</i> is still one of E. Nesbit's most beloved and delightful stories. Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were very happy living in a comfortable house surrounded by a cook and servants and two loving parents, until one evening when there was a knock at the door and their father was mysteriously taken away by two men. Suddenly alone, their mother moves the family to a small cottage in the countryside. There, the children begin a series of exciting adventures, from saving a train filled with passengers from a landslide, to rescuing a baby from a fire, to aiding a penniless Russian exile, to eventually unraveling the mystery of their father's disappearance. Featuring a new jacket illustration by Caldecott medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, as well as all nineteen of the original black-and-white line drawings by C. E. Brock, this classic story is perfect for home and classroom libraries.