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Up the Hill: The Climbing Trains of Valparaíso
Up the Hill: The Climbing Trains of Valparaíso is a narrated read-aloud picture book at guided-reading Level H for ages 7–9, 12 pages long and about 2 minutes to read aloud. Every word highlights as it's read, so a growing reader can follow along.
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Page 1Valparaíso is a busy port city in Chile. Its steep hills rise high above the blue sea.
Page 2Climbing those hills once meant hundreds of tiring steps. People needed a faster, much easier way to climb.
Page 3In 1883, builders opened Ascensor Concepción for the first time. It is Chile's oldest funicular railway still running today.
