The Little Engine that could

 By Watty Piper 

Another children's classic I picked up in New York was this wonderful little story about the little engine that could. I first bought this story for my boy when he was quite small, it even had a little wind-up toy train that ran over the pages of the book. Very cute. I loved sharing it with him. When a question from it appeared in the intermediate Lit-Quiz I thought, "that's great an answer he'll know" - But no, it seems he's not read it in maybe 8 years. He's certainly not read it himself... it's a classic, he really should get to it.

Synopsis

The all-time classic about the little engine and the timeless refrain, "I think I can...I think I can... I think I can."

Author 

Watty Piper is the pseudonym of Arnold Munk, the author behind the classic retelling of The Little Engine That Could and co-founder of Platt & Munk Publishers. He was born in Hungary, and as a child, moved with his family to the United States, settling in Chicago. Later he moved to New York. Platt & Munk's offices were at 200 Fifth Avenue until 1957 when Arnold Munk died. Arnold Munk used the name Watty Piper as both an author of children's books and as the editor of many of the books that Platt & Munk published.

Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture books Otis, Otis and the Tornado, Otis and the Puppy, An Otis Christmas and Otis and the Scarecrow.
He is the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of President Barack Obama’s picture book Of Thee I Sing, the re-illustrated edition of The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, and Mr. Peabody’s Apples by Madonna.  Loren's Little Tree, is a picture book for all ages.