Books with title The Runaway Train

Chuff-chuff, chuffity chuff, whoo...oo. . oo! The Little Red Train has set off down the track without sleepy-head Duffy Driver! Poor Duffy tries everything to catch up - he hitches a lift on a lorry, clambers aboard a motor boat, grabs the chance to ride a tractor and finally makes a heroic leap from a speeding helicopter! At last Duffy is safely back in the driver's cab, just in time for the Little Red Train to pull into the station at Sandy-on-Sea for a lovely, Lazy afternoon. Phew!

From the author/illustrator of Too Many Carrots comes a rollicking ready-for-baby story-complete with chickens, pigs, and a very angry bull! A perfect springtime read-aloud! Chick is getting a new baby brother . . . and he does NOT understand what all the fuss is about. What is so exciting about an egg that just sits there? Well, it turns out this egg doesn’t “just sit there”—it cracks, two little legs pop out, and it sprints away! Oh, brother! Chick immediately finds himself on a madcap chase through the barnyard as he attempts to protect the legged egg from danger. Narrow misses and hilarious scrapes make this story of brotherly love a truly dynamic read-aloud.

Josey went away to college in the hopes of leaving her small town behind, but it seems she can't break free -- every summer she returns home, even though it seems all her friends have managed to get away. Then she meets Miranda, a senior in high school, who makes Josey feel worldly and wise.The two young women strike up a friendship that threatens to blossom into something more. But Josey doesn't know where her priorities lie -- school? work? romance? She wants Miranda up until the moment when it seems Miranda feels the same, then she pushes Miranda away. She doesn't know how to get what it is she really wants, and she doesn't even really know what that might be.Can Miranda help her decide, or will Josey's feelings for the younger woman end up pushing her over the edge?

The Runaways is an inter-generational adventure filled with warmth and humor from one of the world's great writers for children.Grandpa hates being in hospital. He thinks only of the place he was happiest—the island where he used to live. He wants to go back, but they won't let him out of the hospital.So Gottfried Junior, his namesake, helps Grandpa make a plan to run away. They think of everything. Their deception is so complete that when Gottfried Junior finally decides to tell the truth, no one believes him.

The Runaways is an inter-generational adventure filled with warmth and humor from one of the world's great writers for children. Grandpa hates being in hospital. He thinks only of the place he was happiest―the island where he used to live. He wants to go back, but they won't let him out of the hospital. So Gottfried Junior, his namesake, helps Grandpa make a plan to run away. They think of everything. Their deception is so complete that when Gottfried Junior finally decides to tell the truth, no one believes him.

A hilarious Sesame Street story about a runaway Easter egg—with stickers, an Easter card game, and a poster!It's Easter on Sesame Street and Elmo and his friends are decorating a float for the parade when they find a very pretty, very BIG egg—a perfect centerpiece for the float. But every time they turn around, the egg has disappeared! This sweet, wacky story will have girls and boys ages 2 to 5 giggling along with Elmo, Big Bird, Grover Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Zoe, Julia, and Oscar the Grouch. This full-color paperback storybook includes a press-out Easter card game, stickers, and an Easter poster!

On the night young Jed Harmon leaves his home town of Beavers Creek, he vows never to return. A search for a new life lay ahead of him. Meeting up with some cowboys and getting a job on a cattle drive, Jed reckons life has never been so good. However, on reaching Parson’s Creek, the Sheriff is looking for a young outlaw that resembles Jed. Is Jed about to face the hangman? What secret has he kept from his good friends Steve, Henry and Joshua? Jed’s new life is about to take a tumble that could lead him to an early grave.