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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. The story is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work.
Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." [2] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. [3] It has been translated into at least five languages and has been followed by five sequels.
The first printed version of the story was entitled "The Story of Epaminondas and His Auntie", published by Sara Cone Bryant in her 1907 book Stories to Tell to Children. In the book's opening chapter, Bryant highlighted the story as belonging to "a very large, very ancient type of funny story", and when referring to the story's ability to ...
Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children. In Europe, Gutenberg 's invention of the printing press around 1440 made possible mass production of books, though the first printed books were quite expensive and remained so for a ...
The Five Chinese Brothers is an American children's book written by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. It was originally published in 1938 by Coward-McCann. The book is a retelling of a Chinese folk tale, Ten Brothers.
Are You My Mother? is a children's book written and illustrated by P. D. Eastman.It was published by Random House Books for Young Readers on June 12, 1960, as part of its Beginner Books series, which caters to young children ages 3–9.