Freight train / Donald Crews.
Record details
- ISBN: 068880165X :
- ISBN: 0688841651
- Physical Description: [22] p.: col. ill. ; 22 x 26 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, c1978.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles. |
Target Audience Note: | 2.2 Follett Library Resources K-3 |
Awards Note: | Caldecott Honor Book, 1979. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Railroads > Trains > Pictorial works. Color. |
Available copies
- 49 of 53 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 53 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rowayton Library | J CAR (Text) | 33625000094149 | Juvenile Red Dot | Available | - |
Freight Train : A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
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Summary
Freight Train : A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
In simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. 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. New York magazine's The Strategist chose Freight Train as one of the "Best (Nonobvious) Baby Books to Bring to a Shower." As The Strategist stated: "The 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." Red caboose at the back, orange tank car, green cattle car, purple box car, black tender and a black steam engine . . . freight train.