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Donald Crews, the Caldecott Honor artist and award-winning creator of Freight Train, Truck, and many other classic picture books for young children, writes of his own childhood experiences visiting... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0590221213
ISBN13:9780590221214
Release Date:January 2008
Publisher:Scholastic
Length:32 Pages
Weight:0.20 lbs.
Dimensions:8.9" x 0.4" x 7.8"
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A warm oportunity to reflect on special people and places.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Donald Crews departs from his usual simple text about such things as trucks and boats to share his childhood memories. The bold and colorful illustrations we usually find in his work are replaced by soft gentle colors and lines. Perhaps my endearment to this book stems from my own fond memories of riding the train back to my grandmother's home in Davenport, Iowa. Yet, there is more to this story than shared memories of days gone by. Even young children have memories of warm moments with someone special. As a first grade teacher I share this book with my students. It is a delight to see the special smiles that illuminate their faces, like the sweet smell of Spring, when they think of their special someone. For some children they think, like Crews, of grandma and her special cooking, for others their thoughts are of a visit to mom in a distant state. There thoughts are not meloncholy, like Crews, they are pleasant reminders of the treasures we find in each other.
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