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Peters Railway And The Forgotten Engine

Author: Chris VinePeter’s Railway and the Forgotten EngineThe story of Peter and Grandpa's railway across the farm continues with them building an extension of the line to Yockletts Village. They tell Grandma the extension is for her to go shopping, but they bank up the track so they can run the trains at high speed. Along the way, they have some adventures: The two heroes discover a long forgotten engine which they put back to work and Grandma has a hair-raising escape.To celebrate the opening of the new line, The Great Train Race is organised with lots of visiting locomotives. Who will win?There are another 14 pages of simple technical diagrams, explaining how railways and engines work. Some of the drawings are familiar from the first two books, but the science and engineering
explored is different. If the reader has enjoyed the technical information in books one and two, they will find this book takes them further.All three books are hardback, with 96 pages and 30 watercolour pictures by John Wardle. There are 14 pages of simply explained technical drawings to add interest and answer questions.
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Author: Chris Vine Peter’s Railway & the Forgotten Engine The story of Peter & Grandpa's railway across the farm continues with them building an extension of the line to Yockletts Village. They tell Grandma the extension is for her to go shopping, but they bank up the track so they can run the trains at high speed. Along the way, they have some adventures: The two heroes discover a long forgotten engine which they put back to work & Grandma has a hair-raising escape. To celebrate the opening of the new line, The Great Train Race is organised with lots of visiting locomotives. Who will win? There are another 14 pages of simple technical diagrams, explaining how railways & engines work. Some of the drawings are familiar from the first two books, but the science & engineering explored is different. If the reader has enjoyed the technical information in books one & two, they will find this book takes them further. All three books are hardback, with 96 pages & 30 watercolour pictures by John Wardle. There are 14 pages of simply explained technical drawings to add interest & answer questions.

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Engine - A machine designed to convert fuel into motion
Railways - A set of tracks that have been laid for the purpose of trains to travel up and down them
speed - A measurement of how fast an object travels between two points
Hardback - Referring to books something that is made from thick stiff card
Extension - Something that is made bigger through adding to it, for example a conservatory extension on a house.
Simple - Basic, easy no difficulty in understanding.
technical - Something that relates to a good level of skill and methods.
Hair - The fine strands growing on all over bodies.

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