Trains are used across the world to transport goods and passengers. They can ride rails underground, move at high-speeds and travel between countries and can be powered by coal, diesel or electricity.
Trains takes readers on a journey through history and across the world as they discover the wonder of the railway. You can see how train travel has developed through history - from simple mining wagons to high-speed machines and beyond.
You can build your own encyclopedia with Ladybird Books.
Other titles available in the series:
Animal Habitats
Insects and Minibeasts
Baby Animals
Trees
Sea Creatures
Electricity
Weather
The Solar System
The Human Body
This is Book 10 in the A Ladybird Book Series. See all A Ladybird Book books here.
Linda Ashman has written more than thirty-five picture books, including Rain! (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and most recently William's Winter Nap (Disney-Hyperion). Her books have been featured in "best of the year" lists from the New York Times, Parenting Magazine, the New York Public Library, and more. She lives with her family in North Carolina. Visit her
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