{"product_id":"freight-train-a-caldecott-honor-award-winner-paperback","title":"Freight Train: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Crews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDonald Crews\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003cem\u003eFreight Train\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine's The Strategist chose\u003cem\u003e Freight Train \u003c\/em\u003eas one of the \"Best (Nonobvious) Baby Books to Bring to a Shower.\" As The Strategist stated: \u003cstrong\u003e\"T\u003c\/strong\u003ehe 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed caboose at the back, orange tank car, green cattle car, purple box car, black tender and a black steam engine . . . freight train.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the essence of inexorably rolling wheels, so that even a child not lucky enough to have counted freight cars will feel he has watched a freight train passing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book truly for the youngest child -- and for every one of us who has been that child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8 x 9.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Caldecott Medal (1979)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756936692000,"sku":"9780688117016","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/162d07d22507fc81b6694f83251ded32.webp?v=1780089694","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/freight-train-a-caldecott-honor-award-winner-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}