The Banshee Train
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Book Overview
Odds Bodkin's story, based on folklore that Irish railroad workers brought to America, and Ted Rose's shimmering watercolors evoke the suspense and mystery of this otherworldly chase through the high... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0395694264
ISBN13:9780395694268
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Clarion Books
Length:1 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 10.3" x 8.3"
Age Range:4 to 7 years
Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 2
Customer Reviews
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A hair-raising tale
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
My daughter says that this book "absolutely creeped me out" when she was young. Which is saying something, because she read a lot of scary books as a child. And it still makes my scalp crawl just thinking about it sometimes. The late Ted Rose was one of the country's great railroad artists. I originally bought this book for the illustrations, and I was not disappointed. The story itself is good, even though Odds Bodkin's narrative style seems somewhat pedestrian when written down. But Ted Rose's illustrations are superb, even if he had some trouble rendering people. P.S.: I think the red-bearded fireman in the pictures is supposed to be Bodkin himself.
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