Freight Train Board Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

by Donald Crews, Donald Crews (Illustrator)

Overview

In simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. This board book features sturdy pages and is just the right size for little hands.

This Caldecott Honor Book features bright colors and bold shapes. Even a child not lucky enough to have counted freight cars will feel he or she has watched a freight train passing after reading Freight Train.

Donald Crews used childhood memories of trains seen during his travels to his grandparents' farm in the American South as the inspiration for this timeless favorite.

Red caboose at the back, orange tank car, green cattle car, purple box car, black tender and a black steam engine . . . freight train.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780688149000
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/20/1996
Edition description:	A Caldecott Honor Book
Pages:	26
Sales rank:	42,872
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 5.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Donald Crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated children's books, including the Caldecott Honor Books Freight Train and Truck. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in New York's Hudson River Valley.

Donald Crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated children's books, including the Caldecott Honor Books Freight Train and Truck. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in New York's Hudson River Valley.

Editorial Reviews

Presented in blocks of brilliant colors, the multihued train in this Caldecott Honor book undertakes a dazzling journey before disappearing from the final page. Ages 2-up. (Sept.)

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