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Kids Book of Canada’s Railway

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November 7, 1885, marked the completion of one of the longest, most expensive, most challenging engineering feats in the world — the Canadian Pacific Railway. A ribbon of steel now united Canada from east to west. It took 30 000 workers less than five years to cross the wild land.#This title in the Kids Book of series is the story of Canada’s first transcontinental railway and the thousands of people who made the dream of a united Canada a reality. This is also a look at the freight trains, school trains, troop trains and passenger trains that helped shape a country, the people who worked and rode on them and what our railway system looks like today.

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November 7, 1885, marked the completion of one of the longest, most expensive, most challenging engineering feats in the world — the Canadian Pacific Railway. A ribbon of steel now united Canada from east to west. It took 30 000 workers less than five years to cross the wild land.#This title in the Kids Book of series is the story of Canada’s first transcontinental railway and the thousands of people who made the dream of a united Canada a reality. This is also a look at the freight trains, school trains, troop trains and passenger trains that helped shape a country, the people who worked and rode on them and what our railway system looks like today.

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Reading Levels

    guided reading
  • W

  • guided reading grade level
  • 5/6

  • accelerated reader interest lvl
  • MG

  • accelerated reader reading level
  • 7.3

AWARDS & REVIEWS

Reviews

"The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway is a remarkable story, and this informative new book from Kids Can does quite a good job of presenting it."

Quill & Quire, 01/09/2000

Awards

  • 2003 - Red Cedar Book Award, Alcuin Society, Short-listed

  • 2001 - Book Design Award, Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada, Commended

  • 2001 - Information Book Award, Canadian Children’s Book Centre, Winner

  • 2001 - Our Choice - Starred Selection, Ontario Library Association, Winner

  • 2001 - Silver Birch Award, , Short-listed

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