Books with title The Santa Train

Bradley Bartleby is bad. Very bad.To avoid Bradley’s wrath, his wealthy parents buy him whatever he wants. All the adults in Bradley’s life are running scared―except for Santa Claus, who refuses to give him anything but socks. But Bradley vows to get what he deserves. If Santa won’t give him the gifts he wants, Bradley will just have to steal them. In the end, he transforms his house into a trap so fearsome even his parents refuse to enter it. With dynamite, trapdoors, guillotines, and tigers in his path, Santa doesn’t stand a chance. Or does he?Jonathan Emmet gives readers a Christmas tale from a new and devious perspective. Poly Bernatene’s illustrations perfectly complement the story of the spoiled Bradley, making this a hilarious and exciting story that will keep readers laughing from beginning to end.

A boy, an elf and a train. And a great adventure.Sam Reynolds is in trouble. He’s been placed in detention by the school and on restriction by his dad for fighting. The cause? A story. It was a story his grandfather told him of a trip he took by train when he was a boy. To the great city of the north.The North Pole. He came back from that trip with a circular object dropped in the snow by a man he could see only from a distance. In the center of it, writ large, were the initials SC.Santa Claus!It had to be.Sam has heard the story his whole life and has seen the proof. But he wants to know or himself, to prove that what he has believed since he could remember was the truth. One night he goes looking for the train that his grandfather rode. What he finds both shocks and surprises him and it leads him on an adventure from which he will never be the same again.From the author of I Am Legion, Skyfallen, Shadow Lords, and The Joining.

Bradley Bartleby is bad, very bad. He's greedy and naughty and selfish and spoilt - and Santa Claus knows it. But when beastly Bradley empties his Christmas stocking to find nothing but a pair of socks, he does quite the baddest thing he has ever tried to do. He builds a trap - a Santa Trap! With guillotines, dynamite and a tiger or two, Santa doesn't stand a chance. Or does he?

The Santa Fe Trail’s role as the major western trade route in the early to mid-nineteenth century made it a critical part of America’s Westward expansion and the stories of its heyday include some of the greatest adventures in the history of the Old West. Drawn from first-hand accounts of early entrepreneurs and emigrants who braved the Santa Fe Trail between 1820 and 1880, this history reveals the lure of the West and puts its importance to American history in context. On the Santa Fe Trail paints a portrait of the land before the wagon tracks were carved in its surface and recounts the hardships, dangers, and adventures faced by the hardy souls who went West to make their fortunes.

The Santa Fe Trail’s role as the major western trade route in the early to mid-nineteenth century made it a critical part of America’s Westward expansion and the stories of its heyday include some of the greatest adventures in the history of the Old West. Drawn from first-hand accounts of early entrepreneurs and emigrants who braved the Santa Fe Trail between 1820 and 1880, this history reveals the lure of the West and puts its importance to American history in context. On the Santa Fe Trail paints a portrait of the land before the wagon tracks were carved in its surface and recounts the hardships, dangers, and adventures faced by the hardy souls who went West to make their fortunes.

Mark is an awkward boy who wants a train set for Christmas from his father. But dad doesn’t have a job and still has to provide for five kids at Christmas time. Mark is the new kid at school who is ridiculed for his Midwestern tone and pants that are too short. The only thing he knows for sure is that nothing in his life is going right.One morning a few days before Christmas, Mark notices a rectangular shaped box underneath the Christmas tree. Suddenly, Mark is filled with hope and excitement. If he receives the train set he so desperately wants, perhaps he can escape the reality of his life.The train set is how an awkward boy and his struggling father grow to understand each other. The greatest gift for Christmas is the one Mark already had, the love from his father.