Freight Train Board Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner -- Donald Crews, Board Book

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.

Author: Donald Crews
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 09/20/1996
Pages: 26
Binding Type: Board Book
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 4.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780688149000
Audience: Baby-Preschool

Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1996 pg. 11 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Booklist 09/15/2004 pg. 253