A genuine meme came into the language from this beloved story, now
reaching its fourth generation of children. It's still an
enchanting tale of a little train filled with toys, books, fruit,
milk and treats for "all those good little boys and girls on the
other side of the mountain." Long has enriched this new edition
with bountiful illustrations that take their palette and
inspiration from the original, but are greatly enhanced by
imagination and inventiveness, to say nothing of glorious printing.
The colors are warmer, richer and fuller, without the dry clear
crispness of the first edition. The oversized format allows Long to
fill the pages and the imagination with magic like two double-page
spreads of toys and treats floating in the air and brilliant
perspectives that set the scenes. The trains are curvier, their
faces more organic. There is real movement in the rounded lines of
the roads and rails as well as the struggle to reach the top. Not a
replacement, surely, but a companion, this will travel proudly next
to the one that first thought it could. (Picture book. 3-7) (Kirkus
Reviews)
THE ALL-TIME CLASSIC, RE-ILLUSTRATED BY THE CREATOR OF
"OTIS"
Everyone loves "The Little Engine That Could, " that classic tale
of the determined little engine that, despite its size,
triumphantly pulls a train full of toys to the waiting children on
the other side of a mountain.
Now the great Loren Long ("Otis; Of Thee I Sing") has
brilliantly re-illustrated this classic story, bringing it
exuberantly to life for today's child. Get on board for the
publishing event of the year.
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