Hiawatha Passingby Jeff Hagen, Kenneth Shue (Illustrator)
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Awakened on a starry night by a low hum and a distant light, a young boy rises from his bed to watch the passage of the Hiawatha, in a story that pays tribute to the powerful high-speed trains that ran between 1935 to 1970.
This is a story boy awaking to a passing train on a remote snow covered farm and his experiencing the wonder of the swift passing train. The book captures the essence of what children love about trains: the rumbling of the ground, the noise of the engine, the huge machinery and wheels, the glimpses of passengers travelling to places unknown to a small child. Beautifully illustrated, this story is often requested and reread several times when it's pulled from the shelves.
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