The Little Engine That Could

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Text on Button I THINK I CAN I THINK I CAN
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Illustration of a blue train engine with a smiling face and a clown riding on the back on railroad tracks with an orange, yellow and blue background and black text

Curl Text copyright 1986 by Platt & Munk The Putnum & Grosset Group
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The children's book The Little Engine That Could was published in the 1930s. The story has been written and adapted by many, but the best known version was written by Walter Piper (a pen name used by Arnold Munk, owner of Platt & Munk publishing).  The story is about a little blue engine that carries a load of toys and other consumables across a mountain even though the little engine is too small for the job, he never stops thinking he can do it.  The main tag line from the story is, "I think I can, I think I can."

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