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* New York Times Bestseller
* Caldecott Medal 수상작
* Robert F. Sibert Award Honor 수상작
* ALA Notable Children's Books
* New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books of the Year
* Wall Street Journal Top 10 Children's Books of 2013
* Amazon.com Top 20 Children's Books of 2013
* Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year
* School Library Journal Best Books of the Year
* Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books of the Year
* Huffington Post Best Picture Books of the Year
* Shelf Awareness Best Books of the Year
* Horn Book Fanfare
* Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Selection Title
* Booklinks Lasting Connections
* Booklist's Top of the List pick for Youth Picture Book 2013
* Booklist Editors' Choice
* Capitol Choices List (DC)
* Great Lakes Great Books Master List (MI)
* IRA Teachers' Choices
* MSTA Reading Circle List
* NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
* NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
* Nutmeg Children's Book Award
* Junior Library Guild selection


18세기와 19세기, 미국 대륙에 철도가 놓이기 전에, 미국의 동부에서 서부의 캘리포니아로 가는 방법은 마차를 타고 광활한 대륙을 가로질러 가거나, 배를 타고 남미대륙 끝까지 돌아서 가는 방법밖에 없었습니다. 어는 방법으로 가든 6개월 이상이 걸리는 위험하고 힘들고 값비싼 여정이었지요. 하지만 1862년 링컨대통령은 "태평양철도법"을 서명해서 대륙횡단철도 건설이 본격화되고, 1874년에 개통을 하게 됩니다.

이 책은 미국 대륙횡단 철도의 모든 것을 논픽션 형태로 보여줍니다. 감탄이 절로 나오는 극사실적인 아름다운 그림과 함께 19세기 미국으로 시간여행을 떠나보세요. 그 당시로는 최첨단 교통수단인 증기기관차를 타고 대륙을 가로 질러 미국 서부로 가는 두근두근 신나는 여행을 즐겨보시기 바랍니다.

이 책에 포함된 주요 내용은 다음과 같습니다.

- 미국대륙횡단철도의 건설광경,
- 기차역에서 기차를 기다리는 승객들,
- 기차를 운행하기 위해 일하는 승무원들,
- 기관차의 내부 모습,
- 객차 안의 모습들과 다양한 편의시설들,
- 대평원을 가로질러가는 기차,
- 여행 도중에 정차하는 마을에서의 식사,
- 여행 도중에 교대하는 기관차와 승무원들,
- 야간에 달리는 기차와, 잠자는 승객들,
- 위험한 교량을 통과하는 기차,
- 탈선 및 폭발사고를 일으키는 기관차,
- 창 밖으로 펼쳐지는 서부의 아름다운 풍경들,
- 중간 지점인 솔트레이크에서의 정차,
- 사막지역을 가로지르는 기차,
- 시에라 네바다 산악지역과 터널들을 통과하는 기차,
- 드디어 목적지인 캘리포니아의 세크라멘토에 도착

책 말미에는 부록으로 증기관차의 내부 구조도와 작동 원리를 자세히 수록하고 있습니다.

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What is 하드커버? 양장본이라고도 불리우며, 표지가 단단한 판지로 만들어진 책입니다. 판지를 천이나 가죽으로 감싸기도 합니다. 책의 속지는 일반적으로 중성처리된 종이(Acid-free paper)를 사용해서 잘 변질이 되지 않기 때문에 오랫동안 보관하기에 적합합니다. 이 종류의 책은 더스트 재킷, 또는 더스트 커버로 불리는 표지덮개가 함께 있는 경우가 많습니다. 간혹 내부 속지가 콩기름 코팅이 된 경우 고약한 냄새가 나는 책도 있습니다.

하드커버책입니다.






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Hardcover: 64 pages
ISBN-10: 1416994157
ISBN-13: 978-1416994152
책 크기: 30.6 cm x 27.5 cm



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Book Description
The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and New York Times bestseller Locomotive is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America’s early railroads, from the creator of the “stunning” (Booklist) Moonshot.

It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean.

Come hear the hiss of the steam, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails, come cross the young country!



School Library Journal *Starred Review*
It all started with "a new road of rails/made for people to ride" where "covered wagons used to crawl." Almost 150 years ago-just after the Civil War-the completion of the transcontinental railway radically changed both this country's landscape and the opportunities of its people. The book traces the advent of cross-country train travel, focusing on an early trip from Omaha to Sacramento. As in Moonshot (2009) and Lightship (2007, both S & S), Floca proves himself masterful with words, art, and ideas. The book's large format offers space for a robust story in a hefty package of information. Set in well-paced blank verse, the text begins with a quick sketch of "how this road was built" and moves abruptly to the passengers on the platform and the approaching train. The author smoothly integrates descriptions of the structure and mechanics of the locomotive, tasks of crew members, passing landscapes, and experiences of passengers. Simply sketched people and backgrounds, striking views of the locomotive, and broad scenes of unpopulated terrain are framed in small vignettes or sweep across the page. Though a bit technical in explaining engine parts, the travelogue scheme will read aloud nicely and also offers absorbing details for leisurely personal reading. Substantial introductory and concluding sections serve older readers. There's also a detailed explanation of the author's efforts and sources in exploring his subject. Train buffs and history fans of many ages will find much to savor in this gorgeously rendered and intelligent effort.



From Booklist *Starred Review*
Floca follows up the acclaimed Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (2009) with this ebullient, breathtaking look at a family’s 1869 journey from Omaha to Sacramento via the newly completed Transcontinental Railroad. The unnamed family is a launching point for Floca’s irrepressible exploration into, well, everything about early rail travel, from crew responsibilities and machinery specifics to the sensory thrills of a bridge rumbling beneath and the wind blasting into your face. The substantial text is delivered in nonrhyming stanzas as enlightening as they are poetic: the “smoke and cinders, / ash and sweat” of the coal engine and the Great Plains stretching out “empty as an ocean.” Blasting through these artful compositions are the bellows of the conductor (“FULL STEAM AHEAD”) and the scream of the train whistle, so loud that it bleeds off the page: “WHOOOOOOO!” Font styles swap restlessly to best embody each noise (see the blunt, bold “SPIT” versus the ornate, ballooning “HUFF HUFF HUFF”). Just as heart pounding are Floca’s bold, detailed watercolors, which swap massive close-ups of barreling locomotives with sweeping bird’s-eye views that show how even these metal giants were dwarfed by nature. It’s impossible to turn a page without learning something, but it’s these multiple wow moments that will knock readers from their chairs. Fantastic opening and closing notes make this the book for young train enthusiasts.