4.5.1 The Kids' Book of Canada's Railway 4-Pack
This book will be read by all levels of students in the 4.5 Book Club Teacher's Guide. Students will learn to read nonfiction as they continue to study westward expansion.
Blurb: This is the story of Canada’s first transcontinental railway – the CPR. Read this dramatic tale of the people who built, operated and rode the Canadian Pacific Railway, the enormous challenges they faced, and how the railway evolved over the last century to help shape the Canada we know today.
November 7, 1885, marked the completion of one of the longest, most expensive, most challenging engineering feats in the world — the Canadian Pacific Railway. A ribbon of steel now united Canada from east to west. It took 30,000 workers less than five years to cross the wild land. This title in the Kids Book of Canada series is the story of Canada’s first transcontinental railway and the thousands of people who made the dream of a united Canada a reality. This is also a look at the freight trains, school trains, troop trains and passenger trains that helped shape a country, the people who worked and rode on them, and what our railway system looks like today.
Lexile Level: Unknown
Page Count: 48