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Train Song by Diane Siebert; Mike Wimmer; Thomas Y. Crowell Company is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Train Song about?

<p><P>Here is the song of the train. Listen as it rushes past big cities and small towns. Listen as it sweeps through forests and fields and into tunnels. Hear the whistle wailing, brakes squealing, wheels rolling, r-o-l-l-i-n-g, stop. Now the train is homeward bound. All aboard!<P> Notable Children's Books of 1991 (ALA)<br>Best Books of 1991 (SLJ)<br>100 Favorite Paperbacks 1994 (IRA/CBC)<br>Notable 1990 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)<br>Children's Books of 1990 (Library of Congress)<br>Favorite Paperbacks for 1994 (IRA/CBC)</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>From boxcars to diners, from rural towns to city stations, the intriguing world of trains is evoked in this stunningly illustrated poem. As with Heartland and Truck Song , Siebert does not tell a story so much as present stunning images: the ``great trains / freight trains / talk about your late trains / the 509 / right on time / straight through to L.A.'' roar through tunnels and across the countryside. While the syntax and rhythms of the poem are not always immediately clear, Siebert's eclectic assemblage of details allows the reader to ``feel the rhythm'' and ``hear the sound'' of the trains. Wimmer's lum

Who reads Train Song?

Author

Diane Siebert; Mike Wimmer; Thomas Y. Crowell Company

Publisher

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780644334044

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Poetry

Rating

4.08 / 5 (68 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13