Choo Choo: The Runaway Engine
by Virginia Lee Burton
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A little engine decides it could go much faster without pulling all the other cars, so it takes off by itself.Tags
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Others have told the same story since this. I remember a Golden Book, and perhaps a Thomas the Tank Engine. I'm sure that, in 1937, this was fine, and Burton's other works are terrific, but let this one go....
A little train gets in trouble when she decides to race down the tracks by herself.
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Virginia Lee Burton was born August 30, 1909 in Massachusetts. She was an author and illusrator of children's books. Her titles include Maybelle the Cable Car, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel and Choo Choo: The Story of a Little Engine Who Ran Away. In 1942, she won the Caldecott Medal for her title, The Little House. Burton died on October 15, show more 1968 in Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Choo Choo: The Runaway Engine
- Original publication date
- 1937
- People/Characters
- Choo Choo; Jim the engineer; Oley the fireman; Archibald the conductor
- Related movies
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: Little Toot and the Loch Ness Monster/Choo Choo (1992 | IMDb)
- Dedication
- To my son Aris
- First words
- Once upon a time there was a little engine.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I am going to pull all the coaches full of people and the baggage car from the little town to the big city and back again.
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- Choo Choo (Original title: Choo Choo, The Story of a Little Engine Who Ran Away)
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