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The day is gray and cloudy.It's a good day to snuggle up with a book, a fine day for make-believe, until ...the sun bursts through the clouds! Now it's a great day to fly a kite, the perfect day to ride a bike.No matter what the weather, each new day is a fresh opportunity to stretch and to explore.Caldecott Honor recipient Donald Crews celebrates the familiar activities that keep two siblings and their parents busy--and happy--from sunrise to bedtime.

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In simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. This Caldecott Honor Book features bright colors and bold shapes. Even a child not lucky enough to have counted freight cars will feel he or she has watched a freight train passing after reading Freight Train.Donald Crews used childhood memories of trains seen during his travels to his grandparents'' farm in the American South as the inspiration for this timeless favorite.New York magazine''s The Strategist chose Freight Train as one of the Best (Nonobvious) Baby Books to Bring to a Shower. As The Strategist stated: The Caldecott Honor Book is spare and minimal in both art and text and follows the journey of a freight train and all its cars until it rolls off the page and into the distance. It’s a good way to learn all the different names of train cars, too.R

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This Caldecott Honor-winning bilingual children’s book, Spanish/English, is a fun way to introduce simple words and phrases in both languages and is sure to be a welcome resource at home and in schools and libraries.Choo choo! A train is passing by! Can you count the cars Can you name the colors Where is the train going There's only one way to find out—all aboard the freight train!A bilingual edition of the classic Caldecott Honor Book for the youngest child.¡Chu-chu! ¡Pasa el tren! ¿Puedes contar los vagones ¿Puedes nombrar los colores ¿A dónde va este tren ¡Sólo hay una manera de saber todo sobre el tren de carga!Edición bilingüe de este clásico Libro de Honor Caldecott para los niños más pequeños.

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From Donald Crews, the Caldecott Honor artist and award-winning creator of Truck, Freight Train, and many other classic picture books for young children, this picture book is a fun introduction to basic math concepts.What can you do with ten black dots?One dot can make a sun, two dots can make the eyes of a fox, and three dots can make a snowman''s face.And that''s just the beginning in this unique counting book! Children will develop visual learning skills, explore creativity, and practice counting numbers, all in one deceptively simple—and fun!—picture book.A proven favorite at home and in the preschool classroom.

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