The Little Engine That Could is so excited-she's going to the safari zoo with Piney Vale School's second-grade class! But something terrible a baby elephant goes missing! Can the Little Blue Engine find Baby Lulu and deliver her back safe and sound?
From the story to the illustrative style, this book feels very much like the Magic School bus series. The little blue engine serves as a way for a 2nd grade class from Piney Vale Elementary School and their teacher Mr. Beasley (sorry, Miss Frizzle) to travel to a Zoo and help find Lulu the baby elephant.
**Note: this book is written by Monique Z. Stephens (not Watty Piper) and should be attributed as such. The book is an adaptation of Piper's The Little Engine that Could.**
The greatest hero the world has ever known saves a baby elephant. In other news it has been reported that the death of quality children's literature is imminent....
Ok how the heck do you lose a baby elephant? Also why are there random tracks in the preserve? This requires too much suspension of disbelief. Ozman enjoyed it though because he is a train hound.