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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780140366716
ISBN: 0140366717
Label: Puffin
Manufacturer: Puffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: November 01, 1994
Publisher: Puffin
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Puffin
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Editorial Review:
Three children, forced to alter their comfortable lifestyle when their father is taken away by strangers, move with their mother to a simple cottage near a railway station where their days are filled with excitement and adventure. First published in 1906, this beloved children's classic has charmed generations of readers.
When their father mysteriously disappears, three children and their mother leave London to seek a new life in the country, finding solace in the nearby railway station.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - One of the best children's classics!
I'm just finished reading the Railway Children to my 10-year-old, and it is such a great read!
I loved it as a child, and this is my second time reading it aloud. I can't recommend it enough.
It's just a nice story. Set at the turn of the century, three children are forced to leave their comfortable life in London and go live in a smaller house near a railway when their father is mysteriously taken away from them. They don't know why; we don't find out until the end of the ... Read More
Rating: - Read It!!!
This is not simply a children's book. It is an extremely touching story of three children whose father is suddenly taken away from them and how they cope with the changed circumstances, how they adjust to "play at being poor" as their mother says. It is a book that is bound to enthrall you.
Rating: - Lovely Edwardian Charmer
Utterly delightful. Loved it, ate it up. Need more Nesbit, soon as poss.
Three kids are taken to live in the English countryside when their father, well, disappears. While their mother suffers silently, and sells short fiction to help pay the bills (those were the days!), the children make a fantasy land out of their little village, especially the local railroad depot with all its fascinations. Imagine being fascinated with the steam train when it was cutting edge technology, not nostalgia! ... Read More
Rating:  - Pretty good
I think it is kind of cool how the kids think of how to stop someone from wrecking a train. Also how they got someone un-fainted from when they were fainted. It was also pretty funny how their mother made a mistake when one of the kids said they revived a hound with a red shirt, but it was really a person.
I didn't give it 5 stars because there isn't very much action. But I still liked it a lot.
Rating: - Still Fresh at 100 Years Old
The Railway Children was originally published in 1906. It's different from many of Edith Nesbit's books, in that it doesn't feature any magic. The Railway Children is the story of three children, Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis. At the start of the story, the children live with their loving parents in a nice, modern house in London. Their lives change drastically, however, when their Father is called away unexpectedly and mysteriously. Their Mother takes them to live in an older house in the country, with only ... Read More
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