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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The unknowing progenitor of a whole generation of self-help books, Wally Piper's The Little Engine That Could is one of the greatest tales of motivation and the power of positive thinking ever told. In this well-loved classic, a little train carrying oodles of toys to all of the good boys and girls is confronted with a towering, seemingly impassable mountain. As nicely as they ask, the toys cannot convince the Shiny New Engine or the Big Strong Engine--far too impressed with themselves--to say anything but "I can not. I can not." It is left up to the Little Blue Engine to overcome insurmountable odds and pull the train to the other side. The Little Engine That Could is an entertaining and inspirational favorite, and the Little Blue Engine's rallying mantra "I think I can--I think I can" will resonate for a lifetime in the head of every child who hears it. (Ages 4 to 8))
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My dad was dying and I bought several books to take to him at the hospital. This was one of them. When I flew down to see him, the word was that he still had hope. Within thirty minutes of my arrival, we found it not to be true. I still read him this book, just as he used to read it to me. It was a joke for us during his last days. Even when he had break through pain and I wasn't allowed to give him more medicine, we'd read this and he'd squeeze my hand while he tried to get through just a little more time. Sometimes he told me the story to keep his mind focussed.
Before he died he told me to finish my degree. I told him it would be hard because I have a big family, so much going on-- and he smiled and said, "Let me tell you about a train that couldn't get over a mountain. It had great things on it, toys for the good boys and girls, milk for their dinners. It was hard to get this train loaded with good things over the mountain but there was one little engine. . ." Three months later I am in college and this little engine goes through my mind a lot. The story is one of my children's favorites and they don't know why I can't read it without crying!
This book appeals to everyone for different reasons, but the results are the same. An iron will allows us to overcome any obstacle!
Before he died he told me to finish my degree. I told him it would be hard because I have a big family, so much going on-- and he smiled and said, "Let me tell you about a train that couldn't get over a mountain. It had great things on it, toys for the good boys and girls, milk for their dinners. It was hard to get this train loaded with good things over the mountain but there was one little engine. . ." Three months later I am in college and this little engine goes through my mind a lot. The story is one of my children's favorites and they don't know why I can't read it without crying!
This book appeals to everyone for different reasons, but the results are the same. An iron will allows us to overcome any obstacle!
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Few books are so gratifying to read to children for the first time. A child does not even need to understand English to "get" it. On first meeting our four-year-old son, who had never heard a world of English until then, I put him on my knee and impersonated each engine character chugging through these pages.
He was scared and shy, but he loved the "characters," which I could only differentiate for him by sound, and he especially loved the famous repeating line "I think I can."
As my whispers rose to crescendo, he squealed in delight. Nowadays he reads much harder books before going to sleep at night. But he likes every now and then to come back to this one: He well remembers the first moments of bonding with me, and with this book.
--- Alyssa A. Lappen
He was scared and shy, but he loved the "characters," which I could only differentiate for him by sound, and he especially loved the famous repeating line "I think I can."
As my whispers rose to crescendo, he squealed in delight. Nowadays he reads much harder books before going to sleep at night. But he likes every now and then to come back to this one: He well remembers the first moments of bonding with me, and with this book.
--- Alyssa A. Lappen
65 of 76 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I wanted to buy this book for my children because it was my favorite as a kid. However, when I read the book I was surprised because it wasn't what I remembered. After doing research on this, I discovered there was another version of this story, "The Pony Engine" by Wonder Books, which I purchased used. This was the version I grew up with. What's the difference? The "Watty Piper" version makes the good engines girls and the bad engines boys and the version I grew up with does not make any [gender] distinction for the engines. If you are looking for the same book you grew up with, you may want to consider which version you want to read to your kids. Which is the true version? That is debated and you can read about it...
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loved this book when i was little, till feel the same true. love to read it to my little man.
Published 6 days ago by grammy
Very small book
My fault for not looking at the dimensions of the book, but it was not clear at all that this was a mini book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Stacey B Britt
Amazing, of course!
We use this book in our classroom all the time. Brings back fond memories of reading the same book when I was younger. Can't really beat this book!
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The Little Engine that Could
This is a classic children's book. I read it to my children for years. Then the copy was sent to my older grandchildren. Now the youngest granddaughter needs a copy of her own. Read more
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Little Engine That Could
My son loved this book as a child and his copy was so used it was falling apart, but he couldn't find one by the same publisher, so the words were not the same... Read more
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The fact that the only book I was really interested in, that said it was in stock, is not going to be shipped until the end of the month or even later is very annoying. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Sharon Davis
Very tiny book but good for toddler
My little train lover adores this story and has no issues with it being much smaller than the library version. The story is stillfull length and that's all she cares about!
Published 5 months ago by Texas J
Didn't realize how SMALL it was
Like some of the other reviewers, I purchased this book without reading the specifics. My fault, I know, but even if I was aware of the book size, I wouldn't expect the content to... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Olivia
The tiny book
I hate how small this book is, it's my own fault for not looking at the Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 4.8 x 0.4 inches. Read more
Published 6 months ago by bestgirl
Great book!
First off, I was surprised by how small this book was. I thought my son might be disappointed, but in fact he loved the fact that it was small enough for him to hold. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mars
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Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled over the tracks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little Blue Engine, Toy Clown New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled over the tracks. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little Blue Engine, Toy Clown New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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