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Locomotive
By Floca, Brian
- ISBN
- 978-1-4169-9415-2
- Publisher
- Atheneum/Jackson (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing)
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2013
Talk about a youth librarian's dream come true: a big new book about those ever-popular trains from a bona fide picture-book-nonfiction all-star. Striking cinematic endpapers lay the groundwork, describing the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s. Then, in a sort of historical-fiction-meets-travelogue narrative, Floca zeroes in on one family's journey from Omaha to San Francisco. Floca excels at juxtaposing sweeping panoramas with intimate, slice-of-life moments: here a widesc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013 | Technology
Striking cinematic front endpapers describe the creation of the Transcontinental Railroad. Then, in a sort of historical-fiction-meets-travelogue...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
