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OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Christmas Picture books - Youth
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A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole where he is chosen to receive the first gift of Christmas.
3) This train
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"This Train races us through America's heartland, carrying secrets. There is treasure in the cargo car, along with an invisible puppeteer. There is a coder named Nora, Mugzy, the yippy dog, and Ross, the too-curious poet. On board, it's a countdown to murder... On this train there is a silver madman, a targeted banker, and crises of conscience. This train harbors the "perfect" couple's conspiracies, the chaos of being a teenager, and parenthood alongside...
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"Friendly moose Finley longs for an Alaskan adventure, but "rules are rules" and wild animals aren't allowed on the train. No matter the disguise, Conductor Jones sees Finley for what he truly is. But when things go off-track and disaster looms, Conductor Jones realizes that Finley might make a perfect travel partner after all"--
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In its heyday, the Santa Fe railroad's famous Super Chief was so replete with wealth and celebrity that it became known as "The Train of the Stars." And so we find it in April of 1956, embarking from Chicago for its trip across the Plains to the West Coast. Passengers include former president Harry Truman and actor Clark Gable. But as the train gains speed, a series of deadly events unfolds.
10) Zero Local
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Board the train for a story of art, diversity, and community in a near-wordless tale told through masterful, sumptuously detailed black-and-white illustrations. Train riders are used to stressful delays on the Zero Local line. But when a new passenger shows gratitude to the driver on their daily commute, tensions begin to ease. Eventually the artistic traveler stops riding the Zero Local line, and discord begins to creep back into the train car. Will...
11) Trains
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"Learn fascinating facts about some of the world's most powerful machines in Mega Machines"--
12) Train trip
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All aboard! Bear and friends have boarded this train-shaped book. Clever's Wonder Wheels series introduce toddlers to popular vehicles in a grab-able, hold-able format! The thick board pages feature colorful illustrations that entertain and engage little learners. This format is the perfect size for toddlers to tote with them wherever they go. And the perfect shape to zoom around their favorite play space while developing fine motor skills and vocabulary....
14) Passenger trains
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Simple pictures and text introduce the reader to passenger trains and terms associated with them.
15) Mystery train
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Joan Lane is hand-cuffed to a police detective on her way to prison when the train derails and she escapes. The fugitive is taken in and hidden by Mrs. Mortimer, a once-wealthy socialite who has been wiped out by the stock market crash. She is using pretty Joan as bait to lure bachelor Ronald Stanhope into a trap. She plans to steal a priceless diamond he brings aboard the Transcontinental Limited. But her scheme grows complicated when Joan and Ronald...
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A book for beginning readers, chock-full of vibrant illustrations that tell stories without the use of words, depicting tons of train rides throughout a busy day--from boarding the platform to wandering the aisles, surveying the pretty scenery whizzing by, and more.
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"When Olive Dennis was young, girls were expected to be sewing, cooking, and cleaning. But Olive was busy imagining, designing, and building everything from a wooden dollhouse to a model streetcar with working parts. When she grew up, Olive continued to defy expectations, earning a civil engineering degree and becoming the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's first female engineer. Her genius for inventing improvements based on her keen observations of passengers'...
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