Good Night, Little Engine (Little Engine That Could)

by Watty Piper (Author) Jill Howarth (Illustrator)

Good Night, Little Engine (Little Engine That Could)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

The 90th anniversary celebrations continue with this charming original title featuring everyone's favorite little train is the perfect book for bedtime.

The train yard's still. There's not a sound.

The setting sun glows all around.

After a day of play, Little Engine settles in to sleep . . . but when she hears a noise outside, she goes on a midnight ride, finding a certain someone who needs her help. Say "Good night" to Little Engine in this beautiful, rhyming picture book perfect for little ones at bedtime.

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School Library Journal

Toddler-PreS--This gentle bedtime book featuring the Little Engine retains much of the old-fashioned charm of the original. This time, a more contemporary Little Engine battles insomnia and cannot seem to settle down to sleep. Hearing an unfamiliar noise, the Little Engine is roused completely, and she embarks on a quest to save a baby bird who has fallen from its nest. Although those familiar with the classic book will see the characters reimagined faithfully by Howarth, the edges and colors of the cast have been softened here. While the Little Engine is clearly concerned with her sleeplessness in the first few pages, the rest of the book is soothing and contains lots of positive problem solving. The text rhymes and provides the lovely ending image of "dreams descend[ing] along the track." As anxiety in younger children becomes more common, this book is rather timely. VERDICT The book is not groundbreaking in content or appearance, but it is sure to please a large contingent of train-loving children.--Shannon O'Connor, Unami M.S., Chalfont, PA

Copyright 2020 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Watty Piper
Watty Piper was a pen name of Arnold Munk, an owner of the publishing firm Platt & Munk. Arnold Munk used the name Watty Piper as both an author of children's books and as the editor of many of the books that Platt & Munk published.

Award-winning author Janet Lawler writes fiction and nonfiction picture books and early readers for children. Her work has been featured in Scholastic Book Clubs and the Children's Book of the Month Club and has been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Japanese, and Hebrew.

Her more-than-thirty published titles include IF KISSES WERE COLORS, OCEANS OF LOVE, FRIGHT SCHOOL, WINTER CATS, MIRABEL'S MISSING VALENTINES, and KINDERGARTEN HAT. Her nonfiction work includes WALRUS SONG and National Geographic's RAIN FOREST COLORS.

Janet is fascinated by the natural world and enjoys finding humor and hope in everyday life. She loves how words make music, and she marvels at the way illustrators add depth and detail to her stories. Learn more about Janet and her books at Home-JanetLawler.com.

Born in a sleepy little town in the hills of Pennsylvania, Jill Howarth always knew she wanted to be an artist. Upon graduating from Penn State University with a degree in graphic design, she entered the corporate design world. As a senior designer and then art director at Hasbro Toys, she occasionally embellished collateral and product packaging with fun little drawings. More requests for these illustrations came her way and before she knew it, she was doing more drawing and less layout design. After leaving corporate life to start a family, she began freelancing. She lives just west of Boston, with her husband, three teenagers and a crazy, lazy dog.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593094570
Lexile Measure
480
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date
June 23, 2020
Series
Little Engine That Could
BISAC categories
JUV010000 - Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV041050 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Railroads & Trains
Library of Congress categories
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