I Dream of Trains

The poignant words of two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson and striking images from fine artist Loren Long join forces in this heartbreaking yet uplifting picture book about a boy, his love for trains, and his adulation of one legendary engineer.

Papa says
it's the sound of leaving
that speaks to my soul...

A young black boy toils all day long on a cotton field where his one escape is watching the trains go by on the nearby tracks and imagining they're carrying him somewhere far away--maybe with Casey Jones at the helm. But when the boy loses his hero, will he lose his dream, too?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/01/2003
ISBN: 9780689826092
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 11.46h x 9.67w x 0.41d
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Golden Kite - Winner

Review Citations: Black Issues Book Review 07/01/2003 pg. 65
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2003 pg. 1125
Booklist 10/01/2003 pg. 328
Publishers Weekly 10/20/2003 pg. 53
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2003 pg. 108
New York Times 11/16/2003 pg. 24
USA Today 12/03/2003 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 46 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 46 - Recommended, Satisfactory
School Library Journal 10/01/2003

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 72439 / I Dream of Trains
Reading Level: 3.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5