Even though jostling sheep, bright moonlight, and a monster teddy bear threaten the sleep of its passengers, the Goodnight Train successfully completes its run.

A collection of stories about Percy, Harold the Helicopter, and other friends of Thomas the tank engine.

"On a famous Australian train between Darwin and Adelaide for the Mystery Writers' Society one of the attendees is murdered for real"-- "When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn't pan out. The...

"Moose, Goose, and Mouse ride a loose caboose on their way to finding a new house"--

After losing his family and finding himself in a colony of street orphans begging for food, a young boy fears his dream of becoming a doctor may be lost, a situation that worsens when he is falsely accused of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Discusses the placement of over 200,000 orphaned or abandoned children in homes throughout the Midwest from 1854 to 1929 by recounting the story of one boy and his brothers.

"Learn all about trains in this picture book from science writer, Victoria Marcos. Each section encourages critical thinking and includes embedded comprehension questions to get kids making connections with the images and written information."--back cover.

Simple text and photographs introduce trains and all the places they can go.

"Few travel by trains today, but kids regardless are fascinated by the freight train, passenger trains, the conductor, and even the caboose. Terrific Trains will mix both illustrations and photographs to bring the railroad to life!"--Provided by publisher.

"In 1864 two former mountain men are hired to guide a wagon train to Fort Carson. When a large Dakota war party attacks, the guides will have to use every skill they possess if anyone is to survive"--