Time Train

by Paul Fleischman

Other authorsClaire Ewart (Illustrator)
Paperback, 1994

Call number

E F

Publication

HarperCollins (1994), Edition: Reissue, 32 pages

Description

A class takes a field trip back through time to observe living dinosaurs in their natural habitat.

User reviews

LibraryThing member ht_storytime
Like the Polar Express, but with dinosaurs. Fun pictures and a lot to talk about.
LibraryThing member sharmon05
The illustrations in this book do help move the plot along and provide the reader with more understanding. Sadly, the illustrations do not contain the amount of detail that could have been included. This book is also a good example of science fiction, because it involves the technology of a train
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that goes back into time. It also has students living with dinosaurs.
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LibraryThing member Jill.Barrington
A group of school kids go on a field trip to a dinosaur museum; however, they end up actually visiting the time of the dinosaurs before returning home to the present.

The book would be a nice read for an introduction to a project or unit on dinosaurs.
LibraryThing member debrasw
Summary: This book is about a class who is going to Utah on a train - taking a field trip- to Utah! They are wanting to go and learn about the pre-historic era with all the dinosaurs and everything, but when they get to the train station and tell the man they want to do this, he changes their
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ticket from limited to unlimited so that they get to literally travel back in time and see real live dinosaurs. The teacher was not happy about this but the kids had a blast! It is a great story for kids to read!

GEnre: Science Fiction

Media: Water Colo
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LibraryThing member smorales
I really enjoyed this book and I know that young children would find it exciting. There is a class that wants to go to a Dinosaur Monument, but instead the train takes them to see real dinosaurs and they stay there for a few days and study the different dinosaurs. This would be a great read aloud,
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and a book to be read when studying dinosaurs.
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LibraryThing member ravjohns
Really fun book about kids going on a field trip to see dinosaurs and ending up on an UNLIMITED train that takes them back in history to see REAL dinosaurs. Classic Fleischman.
LibraryThing member memaldonado
Time Train is a book about Miss Pym and her class field trip into prehistoric times. Miss Pym and her students board the Rocky Mountain Limited, and when they get off they see many dinosaurs. Miss Pym is terrified by her new experience, but her students have fun. For breakfast they eat scrambled
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dinosaur eggs, and they study the stegosaurus. After a few days they go home. I enjoyed the book because while I read it, the book took me back to the dinosaur age. Now I am interested in going to a museum and seeing skeletons of dinosaurs. The book mixes historical facts, reality, and fantasy. As an activity for students I would like to take them to a museum so that they could see skeletons of dinosaurs, and if that is not possible I would construct a timeline of the events of the story with the students.
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LibraryThing member amartino1208
When a class boards a train, they find themselves in prehistoric time where dinosaurs roam the earth. They have quite an adventure, performing many different actives with many different species during the prehistoric times. Read along as you follow the class and all their wonderful adventures they
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take.
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Awards

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Picture Book — 1994)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades K-3 — 1996)

Pages

32

ISBN

006443351X / 9780064433518
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