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OverviewLate One winter night, a boy watches the approach of a speeding train. A low hum becomes a thundering rumble as a legendary streamliner appears and rockets past the boy's farmhouse. The Earth trembles and the house shakes. A string of box shaped lights flies by. Soon the train is gone and silence returns to the cold dark valley. In simple language and enchanting watercolors, Industrial power and rural loneliness impinge on each other in the deep mysterious dark of an American night. Jeff Hagen 's 'Hiawatha Passing/Sometimes Magic Happens' is the perfect book for young readers grades kindergarten through third grade...As a child, Jeff rode the great train with his family from Minneapolis to Chicago and witnessed it's actual passing at his own country farm house as rural Minnesota. Readers of all ages may recognize and remember a moment in their lives when they rode a train off to join the armed services, start college, began a new job, or started a new life far down the track from their childhood homes. Traveling down tracks to a faraway station called 'Destiny'. A portion of the book sales will be donated to the little mountain school in Appalachia where Jeff volunteers to teach art. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeff HagenPublisher: Outskirts Press Imprint: Outskirts Press Dimensions: Width: 27.90cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.145kg ISBN: 9781977203267ISBN 10: 1977203264 Pages: 38 Publication Date: 16 February 2019 Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |