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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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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

A great story and definite a keeper for my collection.It aims to deliever a message to help teach children and adults to overcome adversaries and believe in themselves, which i believe is a great message. Everyone gave up on the toys but not that little blue engine that could.'I know I can, I know I can, I know I can''I knew I could, I knew I could, I knew I could...'The little blue train never doubt himself, never gave up and achived his goals. The book would be ideal for children aged 2-6 and

...[this book]brought me to tears...THIS DESERVES A MEDAL!

Of course I've read this many times. For one thing, it's a staple for the first week of many kindergartens. But I'd like to see the new illustrations by Loren Long.Otoh, I see by the preview that the toys are still the same ancient ones that I dismissed as irrelevant, twee, and old-fashioned even when I was a little girl in the 60s. Too bad.......Oh, one of my libraries has the ebook of the newer edition. So I just read it. I don't know if the text is a little different than what I remembered

Found this book in a second hand store. I have heard the term so often...decided to buy it. Great lesson for children and adults alike.

A story of perseverance in cute children's images, this book is worth reading many, many times to your child because of all the literary allusions they will encounter later to this childhood lesson. Start the kid young with a book like this, then build on the ideas of working through the hard hills and working despite what others may say or think, and you will have a child with the life skills of resilience and perseverance! Fun read, but also edifying.

It was one of my favorite books as a child i could read it over and over again when i was a child