A classic children's novel...updated and kept moving with strong visuals and more dialogue than exposition. If you want to spend time with some of the most warm-hearted characters ever to be found between the covers of a book, this novel is certainly for you.
A beautifully written book, though definitely from another time. Three siblings and their mother leave their London home for the countryside because some men come to take their father away. What follows are a series of mini-adventures, mostly concerning the Railway and surrounding areas where the ch...
I love this book. I love trains just as much as books. I enjoyed the charthers in the book. It about a family that has to make adjustment on the fly. I quite enjoyable. I love how this is a Classic. I did not know this book was out there to read while I was growing up. The Children name are Bobby, P...
This review was originally posted on August 18, 2000. It has been the spotlight review on this delightful book since that time, with 45 helpful votes. Until today. This is my last amazon review, and my profile, with it's removal, has become empty. Amazon and I are completely disentangled. The Rail...
This is the story of three children who, due to compromising circumstances, move into a remote part of the English countryside. They lose their father, their comfortable home, access to their friends, their schooling and even their wealth of provisions (firewood, tea, food, etc.). Their only acquain...
Some books aren't meant for grown-ups to understand. Some books are just written for the innocent eyes of children and they may hold uncountable joys, invisible to anyone else. Some books doesn't reveal their dreamlike qualities to anyone above the age of 13. And this is one of those books. Nesbit's...
Full review originally posted here on TotalTeenFictionI loved the story of The Railway Children when I was growing up because I adored the film adaptation. But when I started looking at books to read for my Children's Classics Challenge I couldn't recall whether or not I'd actually read the book as ...
I love this book. I love trains just as much as books. I enjoyed the charthers in the book. It about a family that has to make adjustment on the fly. I quite enjoyable. I love how this is a Classic. I did not know this book was out there to read while I was growing up. The Children name are Bobby, P...
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