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Buy this book from Amazon! 		The Mighty Santa Fe
by William H. Hooks, Angela Trotta Thomas
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Tags: christmas, family, trains, car trip, magic, great grandmother
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William is in despair at having to leave his beloved train set at home and spend Christmas Eve with his frighteningly frail great-grandmother, until Granny Blue leads him to the attic and introduces him to the mighty Santa Fe.
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Written by Adam C. on 09/26/2008
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I really want to like this book, as it is about Christmas and trains, and those are two things that my son loves very much.  Unfortunately, I find that this book is so long and wordy that it doesn't make a very good bed-time read, and it tests his atention span (and mine, honestly).

Also, the character of Great Grandma Blue is a little scary.  It's pretty clear from the story that she's a witch -- she casts a magic spell -- and the little boy in the story is a bit scared of her.  Also, there's a sequence where a train is derailed by a tornado.  A little instense for little train enthusiasts.