The Railway Children

By Edith Nesbit

Subjects: Problems, exercises, Classics, English language, History, England -- Fiction, Textbooks for foreign speakers, Family life, Children: Grades 3-4, Juvenile fiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Railroad stories, English literature, Brothers and sisters, Classic fiction, Children's stories, Classic Literature, Fiction, Country life, fiction, Readers (Adult), Families, Pictorial works, Family life -- Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile Literature, Children's literature, Reading comprehension, Children's stories, English, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Brothers and sisters -- Fiction, Historical drama, Railroads -- Fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Railroads, Drama, Literature and fiction, juvenile, Siblings, fiction, Large type books, Children of prisoners, Brothers and sisters, fiction, England, fiction, Siblings, Family, Sale Books, Fatherless families, Family life, fiction, High interest-low vocabulary books, Country life -- England -- Fiction, Country life, Railroads, fiction, Fiction, general, Trains

Description: When Father mysteriously goes away, the children and their mother leave their happy life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. 'The Three Chimneys' lies beside a railway track - a constant source of enjoyment to all three. They make friends with the Station Master and Perks the Porter, as well as the jovial 'Old Gentleman' who waves to them everyday from the train. But the mystery remains: where is Father, and will he ever return?