NOVEL:

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

MAIN CHARACTERS

ROBERTA (BOBBIE)

12 YEAR OLD GIRL, THE OLDEST CHILD

BRAVE
RESOURCEFUL
KIND AND CARING
SENSITIVE TO THE FEELINGS OF
OTHERS

PETER

10 YEAR OLD, THE MIDDLE CHILD

ADVENTUROUS
INTELLIGENT
COURAGEOUS

PHYLLIS

THE YOUNGEST CHILD IN THE FAMILY

EASILY UPSET
EASILY FRIGHTENED
NAIVE

MOTHER
LOVING AND CARING
RESOURCEFUL
STRONG

THE OLD GENTLEMAN

FRIENDLY
KIND AND HELPFUL

IMPORTANT EVENTS

WHEN MOTHER FALLS ILL ( CHAPTER 3 )

Mother falls ill.

Doctor prescribed
medicines and list
of food.

Has no money, the

children ask for
help from the old
gentleman.

Perks deliver the

box filled with
everything they
need and more.

SAVING THE TRAIN ( CHAPTER 5 )

The
children
took a walk,
heard a
noise.

The hillside
crashed
down onto
the railway
line, 11.29
a.m train
was in
danger.

They used
the girls
red
petticoat to
make six
flags to
warn the
train

Bobbie ran
onto the line
waving two
flags.

The train
stopped just
twenty
metres away
from Bobbie.

A BIRTHDAY FOR PERKS ( CHAPTER 6 )

ask
everybody
in the
village to
make
birthday
tea for
Perks

Old Mrs
Ransome
said no
one
remember
ed her
birthday
so she did
not want
to help

Bobbie
and
Phyllis
gave Mrs.
Ransome
roses and
a
handkerc
hief for
her
birthday

When
Perks
came
home and
saw the
pram and
the
presents,
he was
angry

Bobbie
explained
that the
people
wanted to
give him
the
presents
because
they liked
him.
Perks
calmed
down