Two Little Trains

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Author:

Brown, Margaret Wise

Illustrator:

Dillon, Leo and Diane

ISBN:

978-0-06-028376-6

Publication Date:

Apr 2001

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Imprint:

HarperCollins

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

USD $17.99

Book Description:

PUFF, PUFF, PUFF CHUG, CHUG, CHUG

ALL ABOARD!

Two trains are heading West. One is a shiny train, moving fast. The other Is an old train, moving not so fast. What can they have in common Much more than you think!

This treasured story from the author of Goodnight Moon has been newly illustrated by two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon. Margaret Wise Brown's brilliantly simple text is...
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Book Details

Pages:	32
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Stories In Verse Juvenile Fiction / Transportation / Railroads & Trains
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	7.839 x 12.09 x 0.351 Inches
Book Weight:	0.849 Pounds

Author Biography

Brown, Margaret Wise (Author)

Margaret Wise Brown was born on May 23, 1910 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, to Robert Brown, a Vice President at American Manufacturing Company and Maud Brown, a housewife. She attended school in Lausanne, Switzerland for three years, before attending Dana Hall in Wellesley, Massachusetts for two years. In 1928, she began taking classes at Hollis College in Virginia.

In 1935, Brown began working at the Bank Street Cooperative School for student teachers. Two years later, her writing career took off with the publication of "When the Wind Blows." Over the course of fourteen years, Brown wrote over one hundred picture books for children. Some of her best known titles include Goodnight Moon, Big Red Barn and Runaway Bunny.

Margaret Wise Brown died on November 13, 1952 of an embolism following an operation in Nice, France.

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