The Last Train
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Cover Story
The cover illustration for this issue is by Tony Ross for Allan Ahlberg’s latest addition to the ‘Happy Family’ series, Miss Dirt the Dustman’s Daughter. We are grateful to Puffin Books for their help in producing the cover of this November issue.
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In an old railway hut as the evening draws in 'very still and close' at the end of a hot summer's day, Sara and James listen to their parents recalling the days when steam trains ran across their farmland. Then Sara waves a red handkerchief and conjures a huge hissing steam train out of the thunderstorm which has broken the summer heat. That lazy summer heat and the sheer thrill and excitement that steam trains still engender, permeate the atmospheric illustrations.
