Cozy sleeper car on a magical snowy train with two girls in bed, glowing lamps, and a view of snow-covered mountains.

Pyper, Pepper, and the Snowy Star Express High in the mountains, where the pine trees wore thick caps of snow and the sky stayed a soft, glowing violet all night long, there ran a magical train called the Snowy Star Express. Its windows glowed warm and gold, its wheels never made a sound on the tracks, and its smokestack puffed little curls of steam that sparkled like frost in the moonlight. Aboard the Snowy Star Express, tucked into a cozy little sleeper car, lived twin sisters Pyper and Pepper. Pyper wore fuzzy pink mittens even to bed, and Pepper had a silvery blue scarf she never liked to take off. Every night, Mom and Dad tucked their girls into bunks piled high with soft, snowflake-patterned quilts. “Sleep tight, my little travelers,” Mom said, pulling the quilt up to Pyper’s chin. “Sweet dreams,” Dad added, “and don’t let the frost-mice nibble your toes.” Just down the train car floated the warm smell of hot cocoa from Grandma’s compartment, where she liked to knit by lamplight. Next door, Aunt April had her window seat decorated with little postcards from every mountain town she’d visited, and Cousin Sarah was always the first to spot deer through the trees. Aunt Megan kept a little basket of pinecones and mountain herbs she’d gathered along the way, and in the cozy corner booth, Mimi and Papa sat close together under one big blanket, humming an old lullaby as the mountains rolled by. Curled up on a soft rug by the car’s little woodstove were Kona and Angel, the Voir plus