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Train to Somewhere

Train to Somewhere Hardcover - 1996

by Bunting, Eve

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  • Hardcover

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New York: Clarion Books, 1996. Hardcover. Fine. Himler, Ron. Oblong 4to picture book, illustrated boards. Ronald Himler illustrates a tale of the Orphan Trains of the late 19th century. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
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Details

  • Title Train to Somewhere
  • Author Bunting, Eve
  • Illustrator Himler, Ron
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, New York
  • Date 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4593
  • ISBN 9780395713259 / 0395713250
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.36 x 10.5 x 0.37 in (23.77 x 26.67 x 0.94 cm)
  • Ages 05 to 08 years
  • Grade levels K - 3
  • Reading level 610
  • Library of Congress subjects Orphans, Orphan trains
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95006787
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Marianne, heading west with fourteen other children on an Orphan Train, is sure her mother will show up at one of the stations along the way. When her mother left Marianne at the orphanage, hadn't she promised she'd come for her after making a new life in the West? Stop after stop goes by, and there's no sign of her mother in the crowds that come to look over the children. No one shows any interest in adopting shy, plain Marianne, either. But that's all right: She has to be free for her mother to claim her. Then the train pulls into its final stop, a town called Somewhere . . .

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"A moving piece of Americana from a veteran team, introducing the orphan trains of the 19th and early 20th century to a picture-book audience. . . . A reminder that the good old days were not so idyllic; this book will have a place in the history curriculum, but it's also an involving read-aloud." Kirkus Reviews with Pointers

"The book is timely yet universal in showing the desire of every child for a loving family. Himler's full-page, bordered paintings portray the people and towns in warm colors and softly blended brush strokes. Beyond this gentle story lie the social issues of our own day." School Library Journal, Starred

"A heartbreaking picture book tells the story of the nineteenth-century Orphan Train in the voice of the plain girl nobody wants. Himler's beautiful, understated paintings show the train steaming across the prairie and the children trying to smile and look their best, hoping that someone will adopt them." Booklist, Editor's Choice