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Book two · Ages 5–9

What if I fail? What if I succeed?

Give a child more than a bedtime story — give them a calmer mind, greater confidence, and the courage to believe in themselves. It is the second journey; the first — Fear of the dark — comes first.

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Cover of The Luminous Train, book 2 by Agnesa Mirabel: a green locomotive winding through a village under an amber sunset sky, a crescent moon above

Inside the book

The stations of the second journey

  • Station of Forgotten Ideas

    Where the thoughts they gave up on are kept safe, waiting to be claimed.

  • Station of Invisible Efforts

    Where everything they tried — and nobody saw — is counted after all.

  • Station of Others’ Expectations

    Where a child can set down the suitcase they have been carrying for somebody else.

Illustration from The Luminous Train: a boy in a cap with a rust scarf streaming behind him balances on one foot at the top of a lit street lantern, above a lilac cloudscape crossed by birds
Balancing on the lamp post
Illustration from The Luminous Train: the bearded Conductor kneels and places a golden spark into the hand of a boy in striped pyjamas lying on a cushion in a field of violet pillows
The spark in his hand
Illustration from The Luminous Train: in a wood-panelled carriage corridor, four adults and a boy in a cap study translucent maps radiating golden light
Reading the glowing maps
Illustration from The Luminous Train: a red-haired boy in a leather waistcoat walks up a cobbled path lined with giant glowing yellow flower-lanterns, a castle in the distance
The path of flower lanterns