Picture Books: Trains

Illustrations and a cumulative rhyme, in the style of "The House that Jack Built," introduce the inner workings of a steam engine and how it powers a train.

A little red train goes on a trip from the seaside to the forest, the city, the farm, and finally the station for a rest, where it is visited by a bunch of noisy birds.

"A child's imagination works over time while he conducts a busy fleet of trains"--

A whimsical guide to training a "pet train" instructs young enthusiasts about important issues including where trains live, what they like to eat, and how to get them to perform the best train tricks.

A young boy imagines what it would be like to drive a train and take his little brother along for the ride.

In this wordless picture book, a young girl takes a train and makes a stop at a most unusual place where she has an important task to perform.

The son of a sharecropper dreams of leaving Mississippi on a train with the legendary engineer Casey Jones.

The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls a train full of wonderful things to the children waiting on the other side of a mountain. This anniversary edition features the original text, all-new reimagined artwork, and messages from Caldecott Medal-winner Dan Santat and Dolly Parton, award-winning singer-songwriter and founder of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

As the circus train rolls into town, excited children and their parents get in line for their chance to experience the Big Top. Clowns paint faces and people scurry to their seats. Then the show begins, wrapping readers in all the wonders of the circus. Dancing elephants, flipping trapeze artists, and pie-throwing clowns.