Inside Freight Train
Board Book – Picture Book, January 9, 2001
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 9, 2001
In this special version of the Caldecott Honor classic, little hands can slide the doors to reveal the contents of each car, from apples, peaches, and pears in the refrigerated car all the way to caboose—which opens to show the train crew!
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- Who it’s for
- Bold colors, simple words, and sliding doors make this freight train a lively thing to explore.
- Themes
- Freight trains and rail cars, Train cargo and crew
- Genres
- Trains & Railways, Color Books, Counting & Numbers
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In this special version of the Caldecott Honor classic, little hands can slide the doors to reveal the contents of each car, from apples, peaches, and pears in the refrigerated car all the way to caboose—which opens to show the train crew! 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.
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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.
A Train in Motion
Bold colors, simple words, and sliding doors make this freight train a lively thing to explore.
Come here for
- Bright shapes and the satisfying sequence of colored cars
- Sliding doors that reveal what each car carries
Expect
- A board-book take on Donald Crews’s Caldecott Honor classic
- A caboose that opens to show the train crew
Where it sits
| Trains & Railways | 77% |
|---|---|
| Color Books | 53% |
| Counting & Numbers | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Art & Architecture
- The Classics
- Color Books
- Counting & Numbers
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- Interactive Adventures
- Kids & Science
- Transportation Adventures
- Cars & Trucks
- Authors
- Donald Crews
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- January 9, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Freight trains and rail cars · Train cargo and crew
- Reading lane
- Art & Architecture