Freight Train (book)
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Picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...
written and illustrated by Donald Crews
Donald Crews
Donald Crews is a U.S. writer and illustrator of several well-known children's picture books. He won the Caldecott Honor twice. Common subjects of his include modern technology , and childhood memories. His stories often include few humans.-Biography:Donald Crews was born in Newark, New Jersey, in...
. It lacks any story, but rather describes the inner workings of a large cargo train
Freight train
A freight train or goods train is a group of freight cars or goods wagons hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, ultimately transporting cargo between two points as part of the logistics chain...
. It was named one of 1979's Caldecott Honor books.
Inside Freight Train
The popularity of this book has led it to be completely remade in 2001 by CrewsDonald Crews
Donald Crews is a U.S. writer and illustrator of several well-known children's picture books. He won the Caldecott Honor twice. Common subjects of his include modern technology , and childhood memories. His stories often include few humans.-Biography:Donald Crews was born in Newark, New Jersey, in...
. The new edition, titled Inside Freight Train, features fold-out panels, revealing the insides of the various train carriages.