Big Book of Trains

Big Book of Trains
DK publishing with the National Railway Museum, York, England
children's nonfiction
ages 4-10

This book is about 14 inches high and about 10 inches wide so it is, indeed, big. It will probably be found on your library's oversized shelf or on its spine.
This is a very colorful art book about trains, featuring photographs of trains of different time periods.
There is some text that serves as captions, but there is not a theme throughout the book except that all the pictures are of trains.
This is a good book to keep a kid occupied on the rug for quite some time learning about locomotives. Even kids and adults who are not into books about vehicles should find something to like in this book.
A glossary and index of famous trains by name is in the back.
Other books in this series are good reads as well.

Going Places: Going by Train

Going Places: Going by Train
Weekly Reader Early Learning Library
by
Susan Ashley
nonfiction, ages 4-7

This factual book with color photography talks about the state of trains in today's world. It shows where trains are used, what kinds of trains there are, and has a glossary, index, and bibliography in the back.
This is a good I-can-read-it-myself book for children who are into vehicles since it is a tidy 24 pages long.
Since Ohio is planning to add a statewide passenger train, this book and other books on trains, should become more popular in the next 4 years.
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20100208/UPDATES01/100207010
Others in this series are:
Going by Bus
Going by Car
Going by Plane