Author: Nesbit, Edith
Interest age: from c 9 years
Published on 6 February 2025 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Puffin Classics) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 304 pages
197 x 130 x 21 | 216g
Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of The Railway Children.
When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country. The children seek solace in the nearby railway station, and make friends with Perks the Porter and the Station Master himself. Each day, Roberta, Peter and Phyllis run down the field to the railway track and wave at the passing London train, sending their love to Father. Little do they know that the kindly old gentleman passenger who waves back holds the key to their father's disappearance.
One of the best-loved classics of all time, with a wonderful introduction by Jacqueline Wilson.