- Big books, Children's stories, Children's stories, American, Color
Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.
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Warm, plot-driven, earnest and effortless.
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- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Donald Crews
- First published
- 1978
- Pages
- 24
- Publisher
- Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si, Tupelo, Mulberry Books
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- French, English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780867343212
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First sentence
“A train runs across this track.”
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