by Benedict Blathwayt
(Hutchinson, 6.99)
Here's a new adventure about the Little Red Train and Duffy and Jack (its driver and guard), featuring the rural idyll that fans of the series will know well. The settings comprise neat wheatfields, dry stone walls and bubbling waterfalls. Competition between rival train companies for the popular line to the seaside - Barnacle Bay - adds a frisson of excitement to the otherwise fairly safe scenarios in the world of the Little Red Train. As the two rival trains take part in a race to resolve who will own the route in the future, we see them careering dramatically towards the same section of track.
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