I Dream of Trains (Golden Kite Awards)
by By Johnson, Angela and Long, Loren (ILT)
Category: Juvenile Fiction , Transportation , General

Papa says it's the sound of leaving that speaks to my soul...  The poignant words of two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson and striking images from fine artist Loren Long join forces in this heartbreaking yet uplifting picture book about a boy, his love for trains, and his adulation of one legendary engineer.  It's the story of a hero lost and a hero discovered, of a dream crushed then reawakened, but mostly it is a story of the force that sustains the human spirit -- hope.