John, Peter, and George awake in the middle of the night to the sound of a train whistle, and in a twinkling they find themselves aboard the Dreamland Express. This magnificently illustrated adventure sweeps young readers off to an amazing landscape populated by wizards, giants, and other magical creatures.

Scottish artist Harold Robert Millar is best known for his illustrations of books by Edith Nesbit, including Five Children and It and The Book of Dragons. The Dreamland Express is the only book that he both wrote and illustrated.