The Little Engine that Could.
Piper, Watty; Sanderson, Ruth (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Platt & Munk / Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1981
- Hardcover
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Hardback small folio, no jacket as issued, good plus condition, pictorial cover, full-page colour drawings, worn spine ends, few small dents bottom edge, edges little foxed, some edgewear corners. 39 pp. A beautiful classic bestselling children's picture story retold by Watty Piper. When other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine agrees to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountain for the boys and girls waiting over there. This well-loved book that encourages persistence will delight young and old. Initially published by Platt & Munk in 1930, and since in numerous editions. This copy is the large-format Platt & Munk edition (a Grosset & Dunlap company) issued in 1981, a reprint of the 1976 edition. Illustrated by Ruth Sanderson. (Adapted from 'The Pony Engine', by Mabel C. Bragg, published in 1917.).
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- Title
- The Little Engine that Could.
- Author
- Piper, Watty; Sanderson, Ruth (illustrator).
- Publisher
- Platt & Munk / Grosset & Dunlap, New York
- Publication year
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0448473739
- ISBN 13
- 9780448473734
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- Reprint ed.
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