Tea and Sugar Christmas (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by National Library of Australia, 2022

1922507407 / 9781922507402

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Paperback. Age range 5+*WINNER ABIA Small Publisher Children's Book of the Year**WINNER MAPDA Children's Book Design Award**SHORTLISTED CBCA Eve Pownall Award for Information Books**NOTABLE BOOK CBCA Picture Book**NOTABLE BOOK CBCA Younger Readers*The Tea and Sugar train only came once a week on a Thursday. But the special Christmas train only came once a year.Today was Sunday.Four more days without sugar.Four more days until the Christmas train. Please, please be on time. Please don't be late.For 81 years, from 1915 to 1996, the Tea and Sugar Train travelled from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie once a week. It serviced the settlements along the Nullarbor Plain, a 1050-long rail link. It was a lifeline. There were no shops or services in these settlements. The train carried everything they neededhousehold goods, groceries, fruit and vegetables, a butcher's van, banking facilities and at one time even a theatrette car for showing films. The biggest excitement for the children was the first Thursday of December every year, when Father Christmas travelled the line. He distributed gifts to all the children on the way, including those of railway workers, those in isolated communities, and station kids.Join Kathleen in the outback as she eagerly awaits the Christmas Tea and Sugar train. Will she meet Father Christmas? Will she receive a Christmas gift from him? A delightful, heart-warming story from the National Library of Australia that will intrigue, captivate and introduce readers to a slice of the past. Wonderful sensitive illustrations, including a beautiful double fold-out image showing the shops inside all the carriages. Age range 5+ The Tea and Sugar train only came once a week on a Thursday. But the special Christmas train only came once a year. Today was Sunday. Four more days without sugar. Four more days until the Christmas train. Please, please be on time. Please don't be late. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
Tea and Sugar Christmas (Paperback)
Author
Jane Jolly
Publisher
National Library of Australia
Publication year
2022
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1922507407
ISBN 13
9781922507402

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