Freight Train by Donald Crews
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The original front cover, from a 1979 printing (identical to the first edition’s)
Freight Train is a classic children’s book by author, illustrator, and designer Donald Crews, first published in 1978. The 24-page book was originally published by Greenwillow Books, and was one of the 1979 Caldecott Honor books.
The title and author name are set in tightly spaced Akzidenz-Grotesk. The text inside the book is set in Akzidenz-Grotesk, too, with the exception of Helvetica for the publisher’s name on the title page. Later editions also have Helvetica on the back cover (not pictured here).
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Title page with the publisher’s name set in two weights of Helvetica
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A page inside the book, from the 1978 first edition
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Interior pages, from a later paperback edition
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Interior pages, from a later paperback edition
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Interior pages, from a later paperback edition
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Back cover
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