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"There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
- W. Somerset Maugham
(1874 - 1965)
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ZIN Product Number: 10189990
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Hardcover, 1st ed.
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
ISBN: 0688841651
Release Date: Jan 4, 1994
Age Range: 5 to 8
Average Reader Review:  (Based on 8 reviews.)
| |  | | | From The Publisher
"Clear bright illustrations show all the cars of a train bringing the reader the excitement of movement through day and night, country and city."—Booklist.
Author Biography: Donald Crews is the renowned creator of two Caldecott Honor books, Freight Train and Truck. Among his other enormously popular books are such favorites as Night at the Fair, Sail Away, Bigmama's, Shortcut, and School Bus. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in New York's Hudson River Valley.
Donald Crews grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and says that all through his childhood the members of his family were always doing something with their hands. He was always drawing pictures. Now, in the old farmhouse where he lives with his wife, the noted author and illustrator Ann Jonas, Donald Crews is still drawing pictures.
After graduating from New York City's Cooper Union, Mr. Crews spent three years working as a designer. He was assistant art director of Dance magazine, on the staff of a small design studio, and did freelance work as a book-jacket designer. But in 1962 he was inducted into the Army, and for a time his artistic pursuits were set aside. As the end of his eighteen-month military stint in Germany approached, he assigned himself to the task of writing and illustrating a children's book to add to his portfolio. The result was the brilliant concept book We Read: A to Z (Harper & Row, 1967), which, nearly twenty years later, was reissued by Greenwillow Books. Ten Black Dots, a counting book, came next, and then several books for which he did illustrations only. But the turning point came in 1978, when Greenwillow published FreightTrain, a picture book inspired by Mr. Crews's childhood train trips from Newark to visit his grandmother in Florida. It was named a Caldecott Honor Book. Since then, Mr. Crews has created several other highly acclaimed picture books (including Truck, a 1981 Calclecott Honor Book), all painted in the flat, clean colors and bright, unambiguous shapes that are the hallmarks of his striking graphics.
Donald Crews grew up in Newark, New Jersey, spent his summers in Cottondale, Florida, and was graduated from Cooper Union in New York City. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in Brooklyn, New York.
When Donald Crews is asked why he focuses on picture books, he frequently answers, "Why not?" All the tools necessary for the creation of any piece of art are also elements in a successful picture book. Mr. Crews chooses a subject, explores ways to develop the subject visually, writes a story, then produces his finished illustrations. And the final audience, the children, tell him that they like what he does. Why not, indeed!Donald Crews grew up in Newark, New Jersey, spent his summers in Cottondale, Florida, and was graduated from Cooper Union in New York City. He and his wife, Ann Jonas, live in Brooklyn, New York.
| | | | Annotation
Donald Crews's freight train moves slowly at first. We can count the cars, name their colors, and identify their functions. Then the train picks up speed, and sound. All aboard! "A color concept book of outstanding quality."--Boston Globe. Full color. A Caldecott Honor Book.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 8 Average Rating:
Wonderful!
-- A reviewer, a Director of a preschool/daycare, November 23, 1998
Also Recommended: All of Donald Crews' books are great
Wonderful!
-- A reviewer, a Director of a preschool/daycare, November 23, 1998
Also Recommended: All of Donald Crews' books are great
A must read for girls and boys
-- Elizabeth Guthrie, August 1, 2001
Also Recommended: Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang Brown Bear, Brown Bear
A must read for girls and boys
-- Elizabeth Guthrie, August 1, 2001
Also Recommended: Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang Brown Bear, Brown Bear
A classic....simple yet captivating for toddlers
-- Kristen of 18 mos old, a stay at home mom, June 30, 2000
Also Recommended: Plan on getting the Trucking book by donald crews as well. Loves Bedtime by Annie Kubler and Good Night Gorilla!!
A classic....simple yet captivating for toddlers
-- Kristen of 18 mos old, a stay at home mom, June 30, 2000
Also Recommended: Plan on getting the Trucking book by donald crews as well. Loves Bedtime by Annie Kubler and Good Night Gorilla!!
The travels of a colorful train!
-- R. D. Allison, May 17, 1999
The travels of a colorful train!
-- R. D. Allison, May 17, 1999
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