The Little Engine That Could
Book - 1961
The story of a train filled with toys and gifts for little boys and girls that breaks down before reaching the children. After asking several passing trains for help over the hill, a little blue train agrees to help the stranded toys. Even though she is small, the blue train tries her best to bring the toys to the children on the other side of the hill.
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Publisher:
New York : Platt & Munk, 1961, c1930
ISBN:
9780448405209
0448405202
9780448130224
044813022X
0448405202
9780448130224
044813022X
Characteristics:
1 v. (unpaged) col. : ill. ; 19 x 21 cm
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Alternative Title:
The pony engine
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Add a CommentVery nice rendition of the old tale about the little engine that could that I knew as a child. Artwork very creative and interesting, and the rhythmic verse very well done. It is a nice book to read at bedtime leaving readers with a very positive feeling about trying really really hard and succeeding (after many did not even try to help).
Concept: Trains/Movement |STEAM Activity (Art/Science) Make a self-propelled train.
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A heart warming story of a little blue engine who “thinks [she] can” try to bring the toys to the little boys and girls on the other side of the mountain.
This is our 3 year old's favourite book, which can easily be read 5 times back to back.
"The power of a positive attitude, determination, desire, and never gving up" from book Everything I Need to Know I learned from a Children's Book edited by Anita Silvey p.155
Classic story. Great illustrations! You can almost hear the different voices of the various trains.
A great children's book with a message that you'll carry with you through life.
A great classic that even my one year old likes....however it is a bit long to read the whole story. It is better suited for 3 years and up. Great illstrations
Loren Long's illustrations are dark & grotesque & add nothing to Watty Piper's classic story.