The Little Engine That Could

The Little Engine That Could is a popular children's story about a train engine who uses perseverance and positive thinking to pull the train over a mountain. While the oldest versions date to the early 1900s, the best known account was published in 1954 by Platt & Munk (written by publishing partner Arnold Munk under the pen name Watty Piper) and reprinted frequently, including a Golden Books version. Illustrations were by George and Doris Hauman, although later versions sometimes featured new art instead.
==References==
*Odetta Holmes sings "I think I can, I think I can... thought I could," quoting the book as she performs "Little Red Caboose" in Episode 0117 of Sesame Street.
*Bob reads the 1961 reprint in Sesame Street Episode 0153.
*Ethyl reads a version to Baby Sinclair in the Dinosaurs episode "High Noon": "And the little train learned that if you try and try and try, you can do anything." Ethyl contests the moral from experience, saying without enough fiber, "you can try 'til you're blue in the face."
*Roxie Marie has a copy of it among her train books in Sesame Street Episode 3008.
*Telly names The Little Triangle That Could as a book about triangles in Episode 3375 of Sesame Street.
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