When a financial crisis in 1850's New York leaves three orphaned sisters nearly destitute, the oldest, Elise Neumann, knows she must take action. She's had experience as a seamstress, and the New York Children's Aid Society has established a special service: placing out seamstresses and trade girls. Even though Elise doesn't want to leave her sisters for a job in Illinois, she realizes this may be their last chance. The son of one of New York City's...

PAW Patrol: The Movie comes to theaters August 20, 2021! Marshall, Skye, Rubble, and the rest of the pups are coming to the big screen in PAW Patrol: The Movie, an all-new theatrical event. Can Ryder and his heroic team save Adventure City from the meddling Mayor Humdinger in their greatest rescue ever? Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 who love the PAW Patrol will enjoy this Step 2 leveled reader. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences...

Train-loving children ages 0 to 3 will be thrilled to read this new Thomas & Friends Halloween board book based on the Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go series on Netflix and Cartoon Network.

Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs. Includes author's note.

Tired of being last on the smoky, noisy freight train, Katy Caboose wishes for some way to escape from the endless track.

This classic—adapted for radio, television, stage, and screen—“has a special and enduring place in British children’s literature” (The Guardian).
 
Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis used to live in London. But their father, who worked at the Foreign Office, was accused of spying—and now he’s in prison. So they’ve moved with their mother to the Yorkshire countryside, to...

Maybelle loves to carry people up and down the hilly streets of San Francisco, until the City Fathers decide that she should be taken out of service in the name of progress.

"Illustrations and rhyming text show two boys who meet on a train ride--as they pass through various landscapes and by other hard-working trains--on their way to camp"--

Everyone in Folly Cove knows Virginia Lee as "Jinnee." With her magical wands she can draw whatever she imagines, but for her sons Aris and Michael, she draws the most wonderful characters of all, Big Machines with friendly names like Mary Anne, Maybelle, and Katy. Her marvelous magical wands can make anything move--even a cheerful Little House.

Stanley has a busy day driving a train to the sea.