by Watty Piper · Grosset & Dunlap · tapa dura · ISBN 9780448457147
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«The Little Engine That Could» is the classic children's story by Watty Piper, published by Grosset & Dunlap in hardback (28 pages, in English).
When a train loaded with toys and food for children stops before crossing the mountain and the big locomotives refuse to help, a little blue engine offers to pull it. Her perseverance and self-confidence carry her to the top, showing that determination overcomes any obstacle.
Abridged edition of the The Little Engine That Could series, published in 2012. The original work is from 1930, won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958; this version retains the illustrations by George and Doris Hauman.
Aimed at children aged 1 to 3, with expressive drawings and a brief text that invites following the story in early shared readings.
