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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) that 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.
PZ7.B954 Mi. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (ISBN 0-590-75803-9) is a children's book by Virginia Lee Burton. First published in 1939, it features Mike Mulligan, who is the owner of Steam Shovels, Inc., and his steam shovel Mary Anne. It is considered a classic favorite of children's literature: based on a 2007 online poll, the National ...
Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome. The series was based upon a concept created by Edward Packard and originally ...
Stories. Percy Takes the Plunge. Gordon Goes Foreign. Double Header. The Fat Controller's Engines. The Fat Controller's engines — Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, and Duck — have become famous through their appearances in books and on the radio.
For example, when the narrator and his friends come into Miles City, Montana he notices the engine running roughly, a possible indication that the fuel/air mixture is too rich. The next day he notes that both spark plugs are black, confirming a rich mixture. He recognizes that the higher elevation is causing the engine to run rich.
A preserved hit-and-miss engine: 1917 Amanco 14 hp (1.7 kW) 'Hired Man'. A hit-and-miss engine or Hit 'N' Miss is a type of stationary internal combustion engine that is controlled by a governor to only fire at a set speed. They are usually 4-stroke, but 2-stroke versions were also made. It was conceived in the late 19th century and produced by ...
7 February 1992. Living Books is a series of interactive read-along adventures aimed at children aged 3–9. Created by Mark Schlichting, the series was mostly developed by Living Books for CD-ROM and published by Broderbund for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. Two decades after the original release, the series was re-released by Wanderful ...
Andy has several toys who make brief appearances as minor characters: Rocky [27] [28] (voiced by Jack Angel) [29] is a figure of a heavyweight wrestler.Rocky is silent and plays a minor role in the first two movies, but he can speak in the Disney Adventures comics and in the Disney Interactive games Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story and Toy Story Activity Center.