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Once upon a time there was a little engine.
Once upon a time there was a little engine.
About this book
A little engine decides it could go much faster without pulling all the other cars, so it takes off by itself.
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Juvenile fictionRailroadsFictionTrainsRailroad trainsJob satisfaction
First published 1937About the author
Virginia Lee Burton
1909 – 1968
Virginia Lee Burton (August 30, 1909 – October 15, 1968), also known by her married name, Virginia Demetrios, was an American illustrator and children's book author. She wrote and illustrated seven children's books, including Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939), and The Little House (1943), which won the Caldecott Medal. She also illustrated six books by other authors. Burton founded the textile collective, Folly Cove Designers, in Cape Ann, Massachusetts, which had numerous museum exhibitions. Some of its members' works are held today in the collections of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the Cape Ann Museum, and New York City's Metrop…
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