Children's Nonfiction Railroads & Trains
Trains
- Publisher
- Blue Bike Books
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2021
- Category
- Railroads & Trains, Travel, How Things Work-Are Made
- Recommended Age
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Grade
- p to 2
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926700816
- Publish Date
- Sep 2021
- List Price
- $6.99
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Description
Super Explorers bring you interesting facts and full-colour photos all about big and fast trains. • Trains can move freight and goods or people across the city or country. • Early trains were pulled by horses; then came the steam train. Newer trains can be electric, diesel or even powered by magnetic levitation. • Some trains go as fast as 300 kilometeres per hour. • One of the longest rail tunnels in the world is under the English Channel, connecting France and Britain completed in 1994.
About the author
Wendy Pirk has been an animal lover for as long as she can remember. As a child, she dreamed of being a veterinarian but decided instead to pursue a degree in Ecological Anthropology. She is a serious environmentalist and has worked for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee. She is currently a writer and editor and has several books about animals to her credit. Wendy has a two dog and two cat family…oh, and kids as well. She solemnly swears that she has never, nor will she ever dress a dog in a frilly pink tutu. But she lives in a winter city, so maybe doggie coats and booties?? And one of the dogs is handicapped, so he has a wheelchair. But that’s it. Really. She would also like to own a sheep to mow her lawn so she doesn’t have to…well, she’d actually like to have a whole herd of sheep to rent out to her friends and neighbors! And maybe a donkey, too, because they’re so cute!
