The Railway Children

"It's a story that was written more than 100 years ago, yet The Railway Children commands the affections of the British people like few other fictions" Daily Telegraph "Guaranteed to jerk a tear from the most stony-faced child" Observer "Her child characters were remarkable in her day because they are so entirely human. They are intelligent, vain, aggressive, humorous, witty, cruel, compassionate... in fact, they are like adults" -- Gore Vidal "The Railway Children was one of the first children's classics I ever read. I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy it. I started reading the story and was immediately gripped. E. Nesbit remembered exactly what it felt like to be a child" -- Jacqueline Wilson