The Railway Children

By Edith Nesbit

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

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?