In 1804 the first steam train set out on a nine mile journey. Within 50 years, there were 6,000 miles of railway across the country. Discover who was behind this revolution and how it transformed Victorian England.
Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.
Text type: an information book.
Curriculum links: history, geography
Ideas for reading at the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.
| ISBN: | 9780008163952 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2016 |
| Author: | Jo Nelson |
| Publisher: | Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 55 pages |
| Series: | Collins Big Cat |
| Genres: |
Transport Reading Scheme Children’s / Teenage general interest: Information resources History |