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The Railway Children

By E. Nesbit
Illustrated by C. E. Brock
Jacket illustration by Paul O. Zelinsky
Afterword by Peter Glassman

6 x 9 in; 240 pp ; 19 line drawings, ages 8 and up
Paperback
Published in July, 2005
ISBN 1587172801
ISBN13 9781587172809

$9.95  

The Railway Children -- Nearly a hundred years after its original publication, The Railway Children is still one of E. Nesbit's most beloved and delightful stories. Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were very happy living in a comfortable house surrounded by a cook and servants and two loving parents, until one evening when there was a knock at the door and their father was mysteriously taken away by two men. Suddenly alone, their mother moves the family to a small cottage in the countryside. There, the children begin a series of exciting adventures, from saving a train filled with passengers from a landslide, to rescuing a baby from a fire, to aiding a penniless Russian exile, to eventually unraveling the mystery of their father's disappearance. Featuring a new jacket illustration by Caldecott medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, as well as all nineteen of the original black-and-white line drawings by C. E. Brock, this classic story is perfect for home and classroom libraries.