November 1, 2009

Freight Train

Freight Train
by Donald Crews
Another Crews book containing Caldecott Honor illustrations. This one is not wordless, however, and I find the choice of words a little confusing. Vocabulary involves a lot of train jargon that even I hadn't previously heard of. I can imagine children having a hard time reading these words, especially considering based on the illustrations, sentence structures, and subject of the book that this would be most appropriate for younger elementary students. I would use this book as a read-aloud because I find it intriguing and think children would too.

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