Overview

Nearly a hundred years after its original publication, The Railway Children is still one of E. Nesbit's most beloved and delightful stories. Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were very happy living in a comfortable house surrounded by a cook and servants and two loving parents, until one evening when there was a knock at the door and their father was mysteriously taken away by two men. Suddenly alone, their mother moves the family to a small cottage in the countryside. There, the children begin a series of exciting adventures, from saving a train filled with passengers from a landslide, to rescuing a baby from a fire, to aiding a penniless Russian exile, to eventually unraveling the mystery of their father's disappearance. Featuring a new jacket illustration by Caldecott medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, as well as all nineteen of the original black-and-white line drawings by C. E. Brock, this classic story is perfect for home and classroom libraries.
ISBN-13

9781587172809

ISBN-10

1587172801

Weight

0.78 Pounds

Dimensions

5.88 x 0.75 x 9.00 In

List Price

$9.95

Edition

100th Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

240 pages

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Published On

2005-07-21


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