The Railway Children

is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and published in book form in the same year.

It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known. Based on the novel, "The Railway Children" by Edith Nesbit, the theme of love of the story is the love connection between the parents and the children.

This can be seen in the event where the father was taken away. When the father was taken away, this once a happy family had to move to the countryside.