I Dream of Trains

I Dream of Trains
ISBN-10
0689826095
ISBN-13
9780689826092
Category
Juvenile Fiction / General
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
2003-09-01
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Author
Angela Johnson

Description

The poignant words of two-time Coretta Scott King Award–winning author Angela Johnson and striking images from fine artist Loren Long join forces in this heartbreaking yet uplifting picture book about a boy, his love for trains, and his adulation of one legendary engineer.

Papa says
it’s the sound of leaving
that speaks to my soul...

A young black boy toils all day long on a cotton field where his one escape is watching the trains go by on the nearby tracks and imagining they’re carrying him somewhere far away—maybe with Casey Jones at the helm. But when the boy loses his hero, will he lose his dream, too?

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