Freight Train by Donald Crews
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).
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
Interior pages, from a later paperback edition
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Interior pages, from a later paperback edition
Interior pages, from a later paperback edition
Back cover
