Stephen Biesty’s Trains by Templar

Stephen Biesty’s Trains by Templar is a stunning hardback book from the bestselling, award winner master of cross sections Stephen Biesty. Explore a selection of well loved trains in this stunning lift the flap book. Look inside one of the first steam trains, a luxury electric train, a high speed train of the future and more, to discover their inner workings. With over 40 flaps to lift and fantastic immersive artwork, this book brings to life the remarkable story of trains from all around the world.

Each double page of Stephen Biesty’s Trains by Templar features a different type of train and the book is arranged so that it portrays the history of trains. Information about each train covers some of the engineering and science involved as well as the people. Trains covered are: Early Steam Trains (Patentee); American Steam Trains (4-4-0); The Golden Age of Steam (Pacific); Diesel Replaces Steam (GM EMD E9); Electric Trains (SNCF CC 6500); Heavy Duty Diesel Trains ( SD40-2); High Speed Trains (TGV Euroduplex) and Trains of the Future (Maglev).

Stephen Biesty’s Trains by Templar is written by Ian Graham and illustrated by Stephen Biesty.

Age 5 – 9 years