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01735aam a2200313 i 4500 001 BF71D16EAAD011EE853AF3262BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240104011316 008 160421r20161906enk j 000 f eng d 020 $a 1847496016 020 $a 9781847496010 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)959607118 040 $a NLE $b eng $e rda $c NLE $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d BDX $d CNGUL $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 082 04 $a 823.8 $2 23 084 $a I561.84 $2 clc 100 1 $a Nesbit, E. $q (Edith), $d 1858-1924, $e author. 245 14 $a The railway children / $c E. Nesbit ; illustrations by Peter Bailey. 260 $a Richmond, Surrey : $b Alma Classics, $c 2016. 300 $a 25 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 20 cm. 500 $a Originally published: 1906. 520 $a Roberta, Phyllis and Peter have their comfortable lives in London thrown into disarray by the unexpected disappearance of their father. They are forced to move to a small cottage in the countryside with their mother, who struggles to make ends meet by writing books. The children find solace in a stretch of railway track and the station nearby, and befriend the railway porter, who teaches them about running the station, and an old gentleman who takes the 9.15 train every day. Through this love of the trains they are led on many exciting adventures, including a quest to discover the secret of their father's disappearance. 650 0 $a Railroads $z England $x History $y 19th century $v Juvenile fiction. 655 0 $a Adventure stories. 655 0 $a Children's stories. 700 1 $a Bailey, Peter, $d 1946- $e illustrator. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240104012041.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BF71D16EAAD011EE853AF3262BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search