Locomotive
Books | Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th Century
Brian Floca
The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and New York Times bestseller Locomotive is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America’s early railroads, from the creator of the “stunning” (Booklist) Moonshot.It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with descriptive details of the journey: the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean. Come sit inside the caboose, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails, come cross the young country!
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Author
Brian Floca
Pages
64
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2013-09-03
ISBN
1442485221 9781442485228
Ratings
Google: 5
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"While this book might have been an educational expose on the life of trains, it was as fun as it was visually appealing. The words jump at you, in different fonts, colors, and in different sizes. Picture spreads, no two are the same, and incredibly detailed with gorgeous colors. Even without the words, this book could tell its own story. It’s no surprise that it was a medal winner, but what shocks me the most is that this is a controversial book. It has been claimed that this book does not present the migration workers that worked on the railroads well enough in this book, that it excluding factual information. In spite of that, I loved this book, and I would love to use it in the classroom. We could talk about information writing, trains, visual writing cures, there are a plethora of options for the book. Read aloud, library, I know that this is a book that I want personally for myself."
Brittani Roe