by E. Nesbit · Ladybird · tapa dura · ISBN 9780721408248
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«The Railway Children» is the children's adaptation of E. Nesbit's classic, published by Ladybird in hardback (52 pages, in English).
When their father disappears unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis move with their mother to a small country house near a railway station. There they make the railway their new universe: they greet the London train every day, have small adventures and strike up a friendship with Perks, the station porter.
Volume 19 of the Ladybird Children's Classics collection, with text adapted by Joan Collins and illustrations by George Buchanan; E. Nesbit's original novel was published in 1906.
Suitable for early readers aged 5 to 8 approaching the classics in English.
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