Choo Choo

by Virginia Lee Burton

Paperback, 1988

Status

Available

Call number

813.52

Genres

Children's Books

Collection

Picture Books

Publication

HMH Books for Young Readers (1988), Edition: Reprint, 48 pages

Description

A little engine decides it could go much faster without pulling all the other cars, so it takes off by itself.

User reviews

LibraryThing member kidlit9

A little train gets in trouble when she decides to race down the tracks by herself.

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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Others have told the same story since this. I remember a Golden Book, and perhaps a Thomas the Tank Engine. I'm sure that, in 1937, this was fine, and Burton's other works are terrific, but let this one go....

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Subjects

Railroads Trains Fiction

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

1937

Physical description

10.25 inches

ISBN

0395479428 / 9780395479421

UPC

046442479424

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