Madam & Madatem and the Luxury Ghan Train

The story

Madam and Madatem are brave, thrill-seeking twins who explode with anger when things go wrong. When they find someone else already zooming around their empty skate park, they stomp so hard the metal grate breaks beneath them.

They tumble into a train station in Adelaide, Australia, where a sneaky kangaroo named Kipper has a plan to ride the famous Ghan train across the Outback in luxury, if they can dodge Jasper the porter.

The real place: The Ghan, Australia

Three things to tell your kid after the story.

1. 1The Ghan train crosses the middle of Australia, from Adelaide in the south to Darwin in the north, stopping at Alice Springs along the way.
2. 2The train is named after the camel drivers, many from Afghanistan, who once carried supplies across the Outback.
3. 3The spiky thorny devil lizard has tiny grooves in its skin that carry water all the way to its mouth.

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