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Jingle the Brass
by Patricia Newman
Illustrated by Michael Chesworth
Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2004

Junior Library Guild Selection

Step back in time to Ruby’s hash house and put on the nosebag with the boss hogger. He’ll tell you he likes his eggs with headlights, but if you want scrambled, just order wreck on the main line. Follow him as he and his ashcat warm up the engine at the roundhouse and hitch her up to a jigger. Then jingle the brass and ride the point. . .Get ready to feel the wind in your hair as the rods start flashing. . .
Learning the lingo is just part of the fun, because now you’re railroading!

Recommended by the Smithsonian Museum of American History

Teachers & Librarians: A CCSS-aligned teacher guide is available for your use either independently or in conjunction with Patricia's visit to your school. Jingle the Brass incorporates several curriculum themes, such as transportation, travel, trains, the transcontinental railroad, the industrial revolution, and intergenerational communication. Plus check out the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Activity Guides. (Accelerated Reader List book)
 

Buy it at your local independent retailer, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon.

What the Critics Say:

"outstanding literature, lending [itself] to many classroom applications. . .This engaging picture book effectively shows how specific words are a joy to both the ear and the imagination." -- Booklinks

"Young trainiacs will definitely 'jingle the brass'...at this lingo-heavy trip into railroading's past." -- Kirkus Reviews

"The pictures and the text match beautifully." -- School Library Journal

"Readers will undoubtedly demand a return trip very soon." -- Publishers Weekly

"Kids will come away with an appreciation for this bygone mode of transport and the colorful vocabulary used to describe it. Chesworth's watercolor and colored pencil illustrations...have an inviting, kid-friendly quality. As number 417 streaks across the pages, readers will practically feel the wind blowing and hear the brass jingling." -- The Horn Book

"Train-loving children will pore over the details in the lively line-and-watercolor illustrations.Good fun for locomotive fans." –- Booklist

"Congratulations to Patricia Newman on her great accomplishment." -- Maria Shriver, First Lady of California

 

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