Freight Train: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner -- Donald Crews

<p><strong>In simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. </strong></p><p>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 <em>Freight Train</em>.</p><p>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.</p><p><em>New York</em> magazine's The Strategist chose<em> Freight Train </em>as one of the Best (Nonobvious) Baby Books to Bring to a Shower. As The Strategist stated: <strong>T</strong>he Caldecott Honor Book is spare and minimal in both art and text and follows the journey of a freight train and all its cars until it rolls off the page and into the distance. It's a good way to learn all the different names of train cars, too.</p><p><em>Red caboose at the back, orange tank car, green cattle car, purple box car, black tender and a black steam engine . . . freight train.</em></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Donald Crews<br><b>Publisher:</b> Greenwillow Books<br><b>Published:</b> 03/04/2003<br><b>Pages:</b> 24<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.25h x 10.20w x 0.40d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780688801656<br><b>Audience:</b> Baby-Preschool