The Prairie Train

As a young Irish immigrant boy travels by steam-engine across the American prairie to a new life, memories of the old country pull at his heart.

As a young Irish immigrant boy travels by steam-engine across the American prairie to a new life, memories of the old country pull at his heart

"Once upon a time there was a train that dreamed of being a boat."

It was the train that took immigrants seeking a better life in the New World across the endless flat prairies to San Francisco. And it was the train that took Conor, a small homesick boy from Ireland, on the voyage he would remember for the rest of his life. While on that train, Conor dreams of being back in Connemara, Ireland, with his grandfather when suddenly, to his amazement, the waving prairie grass becomes the sea and the train on which he is traveling, like a boat, sails across it right back to his home. How Conor comes to realize that the home he's left behind will always be with him provides a reassuring and deeply satisfying resolution to this poignant tale. The dreamlike paintings by Caldecott Honor artist Eric Rohmann combine with the lyrical text of Irish playwright Antoine Ó Flatharta to make this one of the most memorable books of this--or any--season.

Conor, a young boy from Ireland on a train taking him and other immigrants west to San Francisco, dreams of the land he left behind. 20,000 first printing.

General

ISBN		9780517709887
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Fiction
Publisher		Crown Pub
List Price		$16.95
Author		O Flatharta, Antoine
Publication Date		10/01/1999
Release Status		Out of Stock Indefinitely
Format		Hardcover
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 8.5 Inches (US) Width: 11.5 Inches (US) Thickness: 0.5 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 0.85 Pounds (US)
Grade Range		3 - 4
Illustrator		Rohmann, Eric