Big Book Of Trains - Hardcover

DK

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789434369 ISBN 13: 9780789434364

Publisher: DK Children, 1998

Synopsis

Specially commissioned photographs reproduced in large format and pithy, fascinating facts highlight the features of more than fifty of the world's most amazing trains, such as the Trans-Siberian Express, the longest scheduled train.

About this title

About the Author:

DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.   Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO® books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.

From Booklist:

Gr. 3^-5, younger for reading aloud. The gigantic format is totally appropriate for this book about the huge, powerful, rushing trains that transport people and freight by steam, diesel, and electricity on rails around the world. In the usual DK photo-essay style, with great, big, free-standing, close-up photographs in full color and sharp detail, there are more than 50 trains, from the early steam locomotives in England and the U.S. to today's high-speed bullet trains and monorails, with a dramatic center foldout featuring the Channel Tunnel and the high-speed trains that travel on land and under the sea. In each case, there are captions and small chunks of information about size, weight, stations, tracks, speed, mileage, maintenance, etc., with special focus on the roles of human drivers and computers. The facts are as exciting as the pictures, and the sturdy, inexpensive hardcover book will stand up to the heavy use it will get from readers who want to pore over the details. Hazel Rochman

About this edition

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0789434369
• ISBN 13: 9780789434364
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32