"Based on The Railway Series by The Reverend W Awdry"--T. p. verso.

The freight train’s pulling from the yard. The locomotive’s working hard. “Safe trip!” calls the station master. Chugga chugga, the train rolls faster.

In simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. This Caldecott Honor Book featu

Thomas helps people by hauling freight cars filled with coal, sand, wood and oil.

Easy-to-read, rhyming text describes the sounds of, and uses for, different kinds of trains.