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This retelling of the tale "The Pony Engine" appeared in 1930, with a title page that stated: "Retold by Watty Piper from The Pony Engine by Mabel C. Bragg's copyrighted by George H. Doran and Co." 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]
The Little Engine That Could is a 2011 American direct-to-video animated adventure film based on the 1930 story by Watty Piper. The film stars the voices of Alyson Stoner, Whoopi Goldberg, Corbin Bleu, Jodi Benson, Patrick Warburton and Jamie Lee Curtis.
It is based on the 1930 book of the same name, by Watty Piper (specifically based on the 1976 illustrations by Ruth Sanderson). The film was also syndicated in the US on broadcast television as an Easter special in March/April 1993.
Author Watty Piper Illustrator Lois Lenski First published 1930 Publisher Platt & Munk (now Penguin Putham Inc), New York, USA. Funny. 1001. The Little Engine thinks he can.... Story. A long and heavy train needs to be pulled up and over a high mountain because its engine has broken down.
23 mar 2012 · The best known version of this story is The Little Engine that Could, first published in 1930, with the authorship attributed to Watty Piper (a pseudonym), and with credit given to Mabel C. Bragg for the 1916 version The Pony Engine. In the 1950s a fierce effort was made to instead give credit to Frances M. Ford, who wrote a version in 1912.
- Roy E. Plotnick
- 2012
8 lug 2014 · The first time The Little Engine That Could was published as a book was in 1930 with the credit "as retold by Watty Piper," a pseudonym for Arnold Munk, who died in 1957. His daughter, Janet...
Let us know. If not, help out and invite Watty to Goodreads. Watty Piper is the author of The Little Engine That Could (4.19 avg rating, 113013 ratings, 1730 reviews, published 1930), The Bumper Book (4.54 avg rati...
