Good Night, Little Engine

by Watty Piper, Janet Lawler, Jill Howarth (Illustrations)

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.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Trains

32 pages, Hardcover

Published June 23, 2020

About the author

Pseudonym for the Platt & Munk publishing house.

Reviews

[Shaye Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

In rhyming text, Little Engine cannot sleep at night. When she wanders outside the roundhouse, she comes across a little lost birdie. In a rush, Little Engine tries to help birdie find his nest all around the yard, to no avail. But when Little Engine brings birdie into the roundhouse to rest with her until dawn, he is finally reunited with his family. That when Little Engine can finally get some sleep. But not before the trains acknowledge, "We knew we could" as a nod to the original, beloved train story, The Little Engine that Could from 1930.

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[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

After a busy day, everyone in the trainyard is asleep, but the Little Blue engine hears a noise, wakes up and goes out to investigate. A little bird has fallen from its nest, so now everyone is awake and trying to help.

Just in time for the 90th anniversary of the The Little Engine That Could, comes this adorable bedtime story. Not as much sleepy as nighttime, the gentle rhyme is perfect as the next to last story before heading off to sleep.

Cross posted to https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 90th-anniversary celebrations continue with this charming original title featuring everyone's favorite little train is the perfect book for bedtime.
After a long day of play, Little Engine tries to fall asleep but is struggles after hearing a noise outside. Following her instruction that someone needs her help the Little Engine ventures out to see who needs her. This is a charming story that is told in rhyme. Illustrations are colorful and draw in young readers' attention.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little Engine helps Birdie find his family and just in time for a good night's rest.

[Kelly]

A sweet bedtime story but with action in it that might wake kids up. The rhyming is very good.

[Andréa]

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.