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Clackety Track: Poems about Trains

Skila Brown

A collection of lively poems follows trains from a morning rail yard through a night spent in a sleeper car. The verses introduce many varieties, including bullet trains, underground trains, zoo trains, and sleepers. Alongside the poems, retro-style digital artwork depicts the changing forms and details of rail travel. The book also includes facts about trains, pairing poetic glimpses of their movement and machinery with factual information.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.

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Book details

Themes
Technology And Engineering · Transportation · Travel · Writing And Storytelling
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Published
March 12, 2019
ISBN-13
9780763690472
Language
English
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