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I dream of trains
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Title
I dream of trains
Description
A young boy from Mississippi listens for the sound of the train whistle while doing his work as a sharecropper. As he picks cotton, he dreams of someday leaving on a train. He refers to the train whistle as a call to his soul.
Author
Johnson, Angela
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Picture Book Entry Item Type Metadata
Illustrator
Long, Loren
ISBN
0-689-82609-5
City of Publication
New York
Year of Publication
2003
Author of Abstract
Abstract provided by Michele Gillespie, 2005
Tags
accidents
,
careers
,
dreams
,
family
,
farm
,
friendship
,
geography
,
hard work
,
history
,
hope
,
multicultural
,
parents
,
slavery
,
sounds
,
spiritual
,
storytelling
,
stress management
,
train
,
transportation
Citation
Johnson, Angela, “I dream of trains,”
Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University
, accessed December 8, 2024,
https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13169
.
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