Freight Train

Red guard’s van at the back. Orange petrol tanker next. Yellow grain hopper… A perfect book for introducing very young children to different colours and the concept of colour merging. The freight train moves along through tunnels, past cities, over bridges, in darkness and in daylight with its assorted multi-coloured cargo. As the train goes faster and faster the colours of the different trucks merge, until finally the whole train disappears. Widely considered a modern classic, Freight Train by Donald Crews was first published in 1978 and has sold over a million copies worldwide. AGES: 2+ REVIEWS: “This has been my youngest son’s favorite book for 5 years. The illustrations get you so close-up to a freight train – you can see the rivets! — and once the train starts rolling, we make chugga-chugga noises as we turn the pages. The illustration of the train in motion is a thing of beauty. This book is so much fun.” – Reviewer, Amazon.com, 2011 “In this brilliantly simple picture book graphics have been inventively used to bring the toddler the excitement of seeing a freight train rush past…A barrier breaker, this.” -Children’s Books of the Year, 1979 Colour illustrations