The railway children - Rambling Readers

No cover — Edith Nesbit: The railway children (1992)

211 pages

English language

Published Nov. 11, 1992

ISBN:: 978-0-440-40602-0
OCLC Number:: 25828660

(3 reviews)

When their father is sent away to prison, three London children move to the country where they keep busy preventing accidents on the nearby railway, making many new friends, and generally learning a good deal about themselves.

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taxonick reviewed The railway children by Edith Nesbit (Dover juvenile classics)

Review of 'The railway children' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Can't believe it's taken me until my 60s to read this. How beautifully written it is was a wonderful surprise, with such precise observation of the language and behaviour of children of different ages.

GrandmaY

rated it

Dec. 26, 2016

Deebster

rated it

March 5, 2020

Subjects

Family -- Juvenile fiction
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
Railroads -- Juvenile fiction
Country life -- Juvenile fiction
England -- Juvenile fiction