# Locomotive

**Author:** Brian Floca
**Grade range:** Grades 2–6
**First published:** 2013
**Page count:** 64
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9781442485228`
**ISBN-10:** `1442485221`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/locomotive
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and New York Times bestseller Locomotive is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America’s early railroads, from the creator of the “stunning” (Booklist) Moonshot. It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new transcontinental railroad. These pages come alive with descriptive details of the journey: the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives; the work that keeps them moving; and the thrill of travel from plains to mountain to ocean. Come sit inside the caboose, feel the heat of the engine, watch the landscape race by. Come ride the rails, come cross the young country!

## Where this book is assigned

### Caldecott Medal

- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 Caldecott Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 Caldecott Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 Caldecott Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 Caldecott Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: Caldecott Medal winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2014 Caldecott Medal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)

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