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|title=Stephen Biesty's Trains

|author=Ian Graham and Stephen Biesty

|isbn=978-1783704248

|website=http://www.stephenbiesty.co.uk/home.html

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Trains look imposing, but true fans (little boys, usually from about three years old and upwards) want to know what lies beneath the skin which you can see. They want to know how it works. Getting to grips with one in real life is quite a big ask, but the next best thing is ''Stephen Biesty's Trains'' which features trains from all over the world and spanning the early steam train (complete with cow catcher) right through to the trains of the future which can reach a speed of 430 kph and don't even run on rails. Once the train reaches a speed of 150 kph the wheels are raised and the train is held up by magnetic forces alone.

It's a fascinating book: I handed it to my husband, who's many times the recommended age of 5+ and despite not being greatly fascinated by trains he was completely pulled in. For me trains are simply a means of transport which seem to break down more often than not when I get on them. In one week I was in a derailment, a fire and a breakdown in a tunnel, but I been through this book several times now and I find something new and fascinating every time I look. It's a real treasure of a book and I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.

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