{"product_id":"freight-train-a-caldecott-honor-award-winner-9780688117016","title":"Freight Train: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrews, Donald:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDonald Crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated children's books, including the Caldecott Honor Books \u003cem\u003eFreight Train\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTruck\u003c\/em\u003e. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in New York's Hudson River Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrews, Donald:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDonald Crews is the renowned creator of many celebrated children's books, including the Caldecott Honor Books \u003cem\u003eFreight Train\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTruck\u003c\/em\u003e. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in New York's Hudson River Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greenwillow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50608500146450,"sku":"9780688117016","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93170777-4cd0-4778-a2d2-40d604d93571.jpg?v=1763538215","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/freight-train-a-caldecott-honor-award-winner-9780688117016","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}