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Title	:	The Little Engine That Could (The Little Engine That Could)
Author	:	Watty Piper
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Original Classic Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 48 pages
Published	:	July 11th 2006 by Platt & Munk (first published 1930)
Categories	:	Childrens. Picture Books. Classics. Fiction

The Little Engine That Could (The Little Engine That Could)

Watty Piper

Hardcover | Pages: 48 pages

Rating: 4.16 | 98845 Users | 1401 Reviews

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When I was seven, my Mom used to read to us from this little book. It was one of many books scattered atop our bright red plastic-‘n-steel tabletop, and she was cataloguing them for her new Public Library! It was a bright red-letter year for us kids, too, that year - a real Book Bonanza. And THIS was the way she encouraged stick-to-it-iveness in us lazy, dozy kids - with books like this: ‘I THINK I can! I THINK I can!’ Just like the relentless chugging of a pint-sized locomotive! Well, I KNEW about steam locomotives in those days. Dad used to take me down to the central Roundhouse back then to watch ‘em. The huge wheel would turn the engine around 180 degrees so it could face back out towards the station - and start a new trip... Well, THIS little locomotive thought it could make its trip if it told itself it COULD do it hard enough. And, when it got really chugging away, Mom would read, ‘I KNOW I can! I KNOW I can!’ AND the little locomotive was, of course, ultimately successful. But that was my mom for you! I remember one night at that same kitchen table four years later, when she was studying for her finals prior to receiving her Master’s Degree in Library Science - with an excruciating migraine. She made like the little engine again, only THIS TIME she was SINGING, in spite of her pain: ONE MORE RIVER AND THAT’S THE RIVER JORDAN! ONE MORE RIVER AND THAT’S THE RIVER TO CROSS! Because she KNEW she could make it. The day she received her diploma was a bright, warm spring day in Montréal. The proud dignitaries and even prouder McGill graduates were there in full regalia. But perhaps proudest of all, decked out in our Sunday best, were my Dad and us three little kids... For our Mom had done it - just like she had promised!

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Original Title:	The Little Engine That Could
ISBN:	0448405202 (ISBN13: 9780448405209)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Little Engine That Could
Literary Awards:	Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1958)

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One of my favorites when I was a little girl.

This is one of the first books I remember having read to me. It was my favorite book by the time I was 4. For years I gave it as a gift to every new baby and every young child who didnt yet have it. A well deserved classic.

I prefer my blue anthropomorphic shunting (US: switching) engine to be named Thomas!A few things irritated me about this book:1. Watty Piper never existed - it is simply a pseudonym for the publishing company Platt & Munk (now part of Penguin).2. The trademark symbol for "The Little Engine that Could" prominently displayed on the front cover - and that they bothered to attempt to trademark "I Think I Can". This is an issue especially because of the strong evidence to suggest that the story

Still good! With a surprisingly non-creepy clown (okay just a little scary at first). Slightly dated in language but not bad. And a good heartfelt message and story.

Stirring and inspirational!! There are multiple characters and Mom read them in different voices and I thought it was just a LAUGH RIOT! I plan to apply the lesson of the Little Engine to my ongoing effort to master "tummy time." -M

A favourite of my children's.Lovely illustrations and a lovely story.

My son loves this book. L-O-V-E-S it. The board book had been his go-to "read this to me 4 times in a row" book as a baby and now as a 19 month old toddler, he's discovered this edition and insists on it every night before bed. And yes, it's a classic beloved by generations. But I'm still only giving it one star. If I have to read this damn thing multiple times a day, I damn well reserve the right to judge it with all my might.Firstly, it's tedious. There's no need to list everything on the