The Little Engine That Could (Platt & Munk Book 1930 ) Early Edition, , "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled over the tracks. She was a happy little train for she had such a jolly load to carry. Her cars

Retold by Watty Piper, From the Pony Engine by Mabel C. Bragg, Wonderful Color & B/W Pictures by Lois L. Lenski, Color Glossy Frontispiece of Red Train with Brown Front Engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon, & 2nd car Ha

Published by The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York,, 1930

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HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET, 1930 on Copyright pg. Early Edition bk in GOOD+/VG-Condition, AS-IS with Scuff marks & Rub to Some Pages, , NOJACKET, This Title being the NEXT TO LAST last one offered on the listing of the NEVER GROW OLD SERIES page which is adjacent to the half-title page which Lists Lil Hannibal Last, VG-, AS-IS, , DARK Red Cloth CVR WITH Titled in Black with front Train Engine ON FRONT COVER,at Btm has some Light scuff rub, , 8vo, 6 1/4 X 8 1/4 in. , Plain Red cloth rear board; ; This Edition DID NOT Have full-color pastedown on the front board , UNPAGINATED, EARLY Issue , List of books inside on verso front free endpaper, ending with this title 2ND TO LAST, . word Trademark beneath title "THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD" on front Cvr. , ,Color Glossy Frontispiece of Red Train with Brown Front Engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon, & 2nd car has Yellow Giraffe s Head sticking out with Caption, She was a Happy Little Train Light wear FOX on edges, has stains blank Margin edges & tiny edge tear, Title pg has Little Blue Train Puffing smoke near Btm with LargeRed Title at Top of pg with fox edge stains, Inner Hinges starting slightly cracked, Glossy 2 page color Endpapers Light wear edge stains Fox, , Her cars were filled full of good things for boys and girls." & The book is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work. Some critics would contend that the book is a metaphor for the American dream, cover that shows the little engine pulling a trainload of toy animals up the hill to the town on Yon.

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• Title: The Little Engine That Could (Platt & Munk Book 1930 ) Early Edition, , "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled over the tracks. She was a happy little train for she had such a jolly load to carry. Her cars
• Publisher: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., New York,
• Publication Date: 1930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket