Original questions and guidelines for philosophical discussion archived here. Edited June 2020 by The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics. Mocean Melvin as Big Choo-Choo Charlie, a silver streamlined Dream Hauler with a purple and orange stripes. Michael Rodrigo and Luke Williams as Scott and Stretch, a pair of bullies who antagonize Richard in the real world. A song version co-written by famed Looney Tunes writer Warren Foster was covered by John Denver, [31] Burl Ives [32] and Guy Lombardo. [33]

A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard for such work as it was built for, pulling a few cars on and off the switches. One morning it was waiting for the next call when a long train of freight-cars asked a large engine in the roundhouse to take it over the hill. "I can't; that is too much a pull for me", said the great engine built for hard work. Then the train asked another engine, and another, only to hear excuses and be refused. In desperation, the train asked the little switch engine to draw it up the grade and down on the other side. "I think I can", puffed the little locomotive, and put itself in front of the great heavy train. As it went on the little engine kept bravely puffing faster and faster, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can". The Little Engine That Could is a 2011 American computer-animated adventure film based on the 1930 story by Watty Piper. [3] Plot [ edit ] In 1954, Platt & Munk published another version of The Little Engine That Could, with slightly revised language and new, more colorful illustrations by George and Doris Hauman. [5] Although there had been many previous editions of this classic story, "it was the work of George and Doris Hauman that earned The Little Engine the title of being worthy to sit on the same shelf as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ". [5] A 1976 reworking that featured art by Ruth Sanderson received a lot of attention at the time of its release, in part because it prompted a discussion of gender stereotypes. [5] Plot [ edit ]Earlier versions appeared in the New-York Tribune as part of a sermon by the Rev. Charles S. Wing (1906). Other versions appeared in Foundation Stones of Success (1910) and in the Kindergarten Review. The story as we know it first appeared as ‘The Little Engine That Could’ in 1920 ( My Book House, Vol. 1). Watty Piper’s version illustrated by Lenski is the best-known incarnation. An amended version was published by Platt & Munk in 1954.

Jumpstart's Read for the Record Event Highlights". Archived from the original on February 25, 2009 . Retrieved June 19, 2008. In the 1941 Disney movie Dumbo, the circus train chants Little Engine’s motivational words ‘I-think-I-can’.a b c Cullinan, Bernice E., and Diane Goetz Person. The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group, August 1, 2003. p. 634. Brenda Song as Shiny New Geoffrey, a yellow Dream Hauler who is very full of herself. She is one of many who was sent to help dig out the tunnel. In the tale, a long train must be pulled over a high mountain after its locomotive breaks down. Larger locomotives, treated anthropomorphically, are asked to pull the train; for various reasons they refuse. The request is sent to a small engine, who agrees to try. Despite the steep climb and heavy load, the engine slowly succeeds in pulling the train over the mountain while repeating the motto: "I-think-I-can". Alyson Stoner as Little Blue Tammy, a little steam shunter engine who dreams of being a Dream Hauler and becomes close friends with Richard. American toy company Whittle Shortline produces wooden toy trains of The Little Engine That Could as a domestic alternative to Thomas the Tank Engine. [17] Maxim Enterprise held the license prior to 2006.

The train is carrying toys and food for good girls and boys. What makes a good toy or good food changes from person to person. Dominic Scott Kay as Richard, a boy who wanders into Dream Land when Rusty accidentally falls asleep on the job, ripping a hole in the dream-reality continuum.A train breaks down, which might cause the toys it is carrying to not get over the mountain in time for the boys and girls. Every train engine, big and small, passes it by until the littlest engine agrees to help. “I think I can, I think I can,” says the Little Blue Engine as it starts up the mountain, a seemingly impossible task. I Think I Can Rail Tour Schedule". Archived from the original on July 6, 2008 . Retrieved April 18, 2018. National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" . Retrieved August 22, 2012. Steam Shop Tour Success! | Restoring1702". September 25, 2015. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. I Think I Can Rail Tour Schedule". Archived from the original on June 13, 2011 . Retrieved April 18, 2018.