{"product_id":"freight-train-a-caldecott-honor-award-winner-9780688801656","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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald Crews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwillow Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 10.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780688801656","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44148218167341,"sku":"9780688801656","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_cc9172da-6c97-4890-a349-008e38ed16ca.jpg?v=1757217660","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/freight-train-a-caldecott-honor-award-winner-9780688801656","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}