Freight Train: Donald Crews

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. And anyone who has ever counted passing freight cars and wondered at their destination knows that this book is the next best thing to being there. 

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.

For twenty-five years young readers have treasured the vibrant words and pictures Donald Crews created for his landmark Caldecott Honor Book.