Flying Scotsman and the Best Birthday Ever

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This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally). Your selection was perfect for our children and what really made the difference was your ability to engage with each child, discuss their interests and help them to choose a suitable book based on your extensive knowledge of the books you were selling.

Her birthdays are celebrations, with the train puffing and hurtling past her and her driver father waving from his carriage. You guys were so fab and Dawn was such a lovely presence in the schools - I will absolutely be in touch next time I'm in your neck of the woods. A celebration of the world’s most famous locomotive’s centenary, Flying Scotsman And The Best Birthday Ever is the work of Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman – two of Britain’s best-loved children’s book creators.They would also only drop off a case of books and leave us to run it – it was so lovely to have you on hand to chat to the children and recommend them books, as well as the small (but appreciated!

My son is mad about trains and loves the Flying Scotsman and has even seen it twice and rode on it so I thought that this book would be great for a birthday gift. It’s a fantastic independent book seller that will actually be responsive and select appropriate books for you. Your words, like your reviews, bring books to life and give them a voice before the front cover is even turned. Flying Scotsman was built in Doncaster works, the first locomotive of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and entered service on 24 February 1923. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.See the full collection of original watercolours created for the beautiful new Flying Scotsman book, illustrated by Michael Foreman and written by Michael Morpurgo. What if Dad was asked to attempt to break a speed record with Flying Scotsman’s journey to Edinburgh? Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman chart a twentieth- century history of Flying Scotsman through Iris’s story, which travels through her work in the second world war, to the train’s international journeys too. Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman collaborate on a centenary story about the world famous, record breaking train.