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The Little Engine That Could is an American folktale existing in the form of several illustrated children's books and films. The story originated and evolved in the early 20th century, but became widely known in the United States after publication in 1930 by Platt & Munk.
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." [1] Namely, the title was one of 17 that received the inaugural Lewis Carroll Shelf Awards in 1958.
The Pony Engine was a short story that appeared in the periodical Kindergarten Review in 1910. [1] Jacobs' story had a footnote claiming "an illustration given in a lecture served as a basis for this little story." [2] It was circulated widely in newspapers of the time, and versions of her story were performed in school performances. [3] [4] [5]
The Little Engine That Could is a 2011 American direct-to-video animated adventure film based on the 1930 story by Watty Piper (specifically based on the 2005 illustrations by Loren Long). [3] The film stars the voices of Alyson Stoner , Whoopi Goldberg , Corbin Bleu , Jodi Benson , Patrick Warburton and Jamie Lee Curtis .
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