All Aboard!: Passenger Trains Around the World
Grade 5-8–Zimmerman shares his passion for riding the rails in this absorbing look at passenger train service. The clearly written, informative text provides a historical glimpse at the rise and sometimes decline of this form of transportation. While the book describes trains around the world, two of the six chapters delve more deeply into rail service in the United States and Canada. The contributions of George Pullman are discussed, and an interesting subsection details how some train names originated. Terms such as heavyweight, streamliner, and Superliner are explained in context and also defined in a glossary. Crisp, full-color captioned photographs of varying sizes show an array of cars and locomotives from different time periods and locations. Students researching this topic or die-hard train enthusiasts stoking their mental engines will appreciate this attractive package.–Lynn K. Vanca, Akron-Summit County Public Library, Richfield, OHCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.